Clause 2 - request for arrest and surrender
International Criminal Court [Lords]
4:45 pm
Mr Des Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Labour)
In a sense, the hon. and learned Gentleman has put his finger on the problem with the amendment. The purpose of the Bill is to ratify the statute of Rome. Is it his argument that we should not ratify it? If we seek to ratify it by legislation that preserves our right not to comply with it—it includes a mandatory obligation in the provisions under article 59—we cannot ratify it.