WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2970/97 by Graham WATSON to the Commission. International Criminal Court
Date: 1997-09-17
Institutions: European Parliament, WATSON
Subjects: crime against humanity, government, human rights, international court, offence, ruling, veto, war crime

3. 4. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 102/157

In view of the timetable for Sub-Programme 1 drawn up in 1994, what progress has been made concerning these
day centres, how many have been created and where?

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(7 November 1997)

Subprogramme  1  of  the  operational  programme  (cid:145)Combating  exclusion  from  the  labour  market(cid:146)  is  aimed  at
people with handicaps, including the mentally ill or mentally retarded. The Commission would point out to the
Honourable  Member  that  day  centres  for  people  with  handicaps  are  referred  to  in  the  above-mentioned
subprogramme  as  a  valid  support  and  accompanying  measure  which  could  help  in  the  socio-economic
reintegration of the persons concerned, although no specific provision is made for the creation of this type of
centre.

With regard to subprogramme 2 (cid:145)Welfare(cid:146) of the operational programme (cid:145)Health and welfare(cid:146), there are three
measures in which provision is made for a number of types of centre for people with handicaps.

Measure 2.1 provides for the creation of a number of preventive-care and education centres for handicapped
persons,  and  a  large  number  of  centres  (25)  are  under  consideration  or  have  been  built  in  the  capitals  of  the
various (cid:145)prefectures(cid:146) which were regarded as lacking in this type of infrastructure.

Under  measure  2.2,  a  limited  number  of  welfare  centres  (9-10)  are  in  the  process  of  being  modernised  and
repaired in order to be able to provide better rehabilitation facilities. In addition, a limited number of centres for
persons suffering from autism are in the process of being set up.

Measure 2.3 makes arrangements for a network of centres which are in the process of being set up in Attica and
Thessaloniki for primary provision and ongoing care of persons with handicaps and other excluded groups.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2970/97

by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission

(17 September 1997)

Subject: International Criminal Court

Given the existing limitations of the International Court of Justice, what is the Commission(cid:146)s position on the
current  negotiations  to  create  an  International  Criminal  Court  which  would  be  empowered  to  prosecute  any
individual for genocide, aggression, war crimes and other crimes against humanity, without any veto by national
governments?

Is the Commission in favour of giving individuals and citizens(cid:146) groups, as well as national governments and the
Court(cid:146)s Prosecutor, the right to bring cases before the court?

Answer given by Mr Van den Broek on behalf of the Commission

(15 October 1997)

The Commission would point out that this question is exactly the same as the Honourable Member(cid:146)s Written
Question E-2944/97.

The  Commission  would  therefore  refer  the  Honourable  Member  to  the  answer  it  has  already  given  to  that
question (1).

(1)  See page 152.