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Gasu Aheto

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2023-06-12
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  1. “Finally, Ghana continues to note with appreciation the collaboration between the Office of the Prosecutor and the national prosecutions through the provision of access to evidence and information in response to a high volume of requests for those crimes. We deem that to be a positive development, as it helps build the Office’s capacities in the national prosecutions of the affected countries.”

    2023-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9344 (2023) · source

  2. “Ghana wishes to reiterate that paragraph 5 of the resolution states, “Notes that decisions on the relocation of persons who have been acquitted or completed their sentences should take into account inter alia the readiness of the state of origin to accept its nationals, the consent or any objections raised by the individuals to be relocated and the availability of other relocation states” (resolution 2637 (2022), para.5). Ghana remains convinced that paragraph 5 sets the tone for an in-depth discussion by the Council. The proposal is being made against the backdrop that more of such persons will be released in the future. Faced with that fact, not many States have expressed interest in taking in those persons of late. How long will the Mechanism continue to take on such responsibilities, which also have budgetary implications?”

    2023-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9344 (2023) · source

  3. “The continued lack of liberty of those persons remains a stain on international justice and perpetuates a well-founded criticism that international justice has failed to ensure and implement fundamental human rights. As we commend the efforts of the Registrar for using diplomatic, political and judicial avenues to resolve some of the challenges, we call on the Council to critically discuss the matter with an outcome that will assist the Mechanism, in line with resolution 2637 (2022).”

    2023-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9344 (2023) · source

  4. “On the challenges facing the Mechanism in relocating persons who have been acquitted or have completed their sentences, pursuant to resolution 2529 (2020), Ghana regrets to note that such persons who were sent to the Niger are still being kept in a safe house against their will, given the withdrawal of the Niger from the cooperation agreement signed with the United Nations. Ghana wishes to once again draw attention to the challenges facing the Mechanism in implementing the resolution. It is pertinent to state that the international justice community must pay attention to and resolve the situation of the acquitted and the released persons who have completed their sentences.”

    2023-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9344 (2023) · source

  5. “Ghana has always maintained that, as a comity of nations, we have a collective responsibility to remember the survivors and families of victims of those atrocity crimes that have been committed and to sustain the demands of justice and accountability without limitation over time. We underscore that the wheels of justice may sometimes grind slowly. However, it is also our collective responsibility to seek justice for them by holding accountable the perpetrators of the heinous atrocity crimes. The only way the survivors, their families and the families of victims can find closure is for the perpetrators of such heinous crimes to be brought to justice.”

    2023-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9344 (2023) · source

  6. “First, on cooperation, Ghana continues its call on all States to cooperate with the Mechanism, in accordance with applicable laws, by handing over fugitives to enable the judicial process to continue and be completed. It may be noted that 153 States have said no to atrocity crimes, through the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and we urge those States that are still harbouring identified fugitives to hand them over, in fulfilment of their international obligations. We also call for the cooperation of States in the enforcement of sentences.”

    2023-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9344 (2023) · source

  7. “First of all, I wish to thank Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the Mechanism, for their insightful briefings to the Council, which provide Council members with an overview of the progress of the work of — and the challenges facing — the Mechanism. My delegation remains convinced that the Mechanism has an important role in ending impunity and bringing the perpetrators of atrocity crimes to justice and will continue to support every effort and work constructively with other delegations in that regard. With regard to the content of the report, Ghana would like to make the following three points.”

    2023-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9344 (2023) · source