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PGA Members in Bolivia are pushing for the full implementation of the Rome Statute of the ICC

Sen. Carlos Pablo Klinsky Fernández, Member of PGA from Bolivia
Sen. Carlos Pablo Klinsky Fernández, Member of PGA from Bolivia

On 27 October 2016, Sen. Carlos Pablo Klinsky Fernández, Member of PGA from Bolivia, informed our Secretariat that he has introduced a Communication before the International Policy Commission, recommending that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the framework of the signature and ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, give full effect in the domestic legal order, to all provisions from the Stature, inter alia those referring to crimes against humanity, crimes of war and the crime of aggression.

This full and effective implementation of the Rome Statute is to be carried out in collaboration with all relevant State Organs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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