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Cassese, Antonio
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The arrest warrant is futile
The left-liberal daily La Repubblica finds the arrest warrant against the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir ineffective, because the International Criminal Court in The Hague has not abolished the president's immunity: "The warrant can only be carried out in Sudan, and only if the self-same al-Bashir allows his guards to arrest him. Beyond the borders of Darfur the arrest warrant bears little weight. ... The Security Council, which could have lifted his immunity, has shied away from doing so and limited itself to requesting Sudan's cooperation. ... This brings us right back to square one. Only if the Sudanese security forces arrest al-Bashir and turn him over to the court can concrete steps be taken. The arrest warrant is consequently futile."
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Italy against the death penalty
"The approbation on December 18th by the UN General Assembly of a resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty is a great victory for Europe and especially Italy with its Minister of Foreign Affairs [Massimo d'Alema] having exercised diplomacy efficiently and intelligently in New York", considers Antonio Cassese, professor of law at the University of Florence. "With this resolution, an important point in the battle for civilisation has been scored. The resolution does not oblige countries to suspend capital punishment or abrogate current laws; it exhorts them to do so. Is it then only symbolic? ... Not at all. In the first place, it gives a political argument to numerous governments who would like to apply the moratorium, but find themselves confronted by public opinion and political-religious pressure groups."
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The UN and human rights
Antonio Cassese, a professor of international law at the University of Florence, has doubts about the Council's ability to solve the planet's problems in this area. "Kofi Annan has rightly affirmed that the three pillars on which the United Nations rests are development, security and human rights. It is in these three domains that the world organisation is expected to make a fundamental contribution in the coming decades. Annan reassures us that the reformed Council will henceforth be the main engine of this third pillar. It's an area in which the General Secretary has many illusions. ... The states (that are members of the Council) plan to discuss the most vital problems of the planet's residents. Yet their own economic, commercial, political and ideological interests will always be foremost in their minds and they will not be able to allow themselves the luxury to freely criticise those with whom they have military or trade ties."
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