WRITTEN QUESTION E-2994/00 by John Cushnahan (PPE-DE) to the Council. East Timor.
Date: 2000-09-25
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: East Timor, common foreign and security policy, crime against humanity, war crime

22.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 151 E/37

27 cases (complaints plus others) have been registered altogether under Directive 92/43/EEC
3. and 4.
concerning Austria, of which 15 cases are still pending at the Commission (12 been closed so far).
Infringement procedures have been opened in two of them, none of which is site related.

(1) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992.

(2001/C 151 E/046)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2994/00

by John Cushnahan (PPE-DE) to the Council

(25 September 2000)

Subject: East Timor

Is the Council aware of the incomplete nature of the list of suspects issued by the Indonesian attorney
general(cid:146)s office in relation to last year(cid:146)s massacres?

How does the Council intend to ensure that these men are brought to justice and that they do not evade
prosecution through the medium of recent constitutional amendments which will most
likely bar
prosecutors from charging suspects with international crimes such as war crimes and crimes against
humanity?

Reply

(22 December 2000)

The European Union has stated on various occasions that the perpetrators of violations of human rights in
East Timor should be accountable for their acts and that that would be the best means of promoting
democratic stability in Indonesia and a lasting reconciliation in East Timor.

The Council has been informed that the attorney-general(cid:146)s office of the Indonesian Republic has added new
names to the initial list of suspects involved in the atrocities committed in East Timor in 1999. In mid-
October of this year, the Troika, acting on behalf of the Council as part of the representations made to the
Indonesian authorities, pointed out to them the need to arrest those who have committed acts of violence
and to bring them to justice.

The Council would remind the Honourable Member of its declaration of 4 February 2000 in which it
stressed the fact that the international community, through the United Nations system, has a responsibility
to ensure that gross violations of human rights and of humanitarian law in East Timor are investigated and
that the perpetrators are brought to justice. It would also point out that the Untaet has initiated an
autonomous process of identification of and of criminal proceedings against those responsible following
institutional cooperation arrangements with the attorney-general(cid:146)s office of the
the establishment of
Indonesian Republic.

The Council will continue to follow further developments in the situation attentively.

(2001/C 151 E/047)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3000/00

by Luciano Caveri (ELDR) to the Commission

(20 September 2000)

Subject: Common standards for tunnels in the European Union

The recent accidents in the Mont Blanc road tunnel between Italy and France and the Tauern tunnel in
Austria have raised at European level the delicate issue of safety standards and prevention measures in the
various types of tunnel in operation, but the legislation in each country appears to be different and non-
uniform.