New Clause 8 - Amendments of the ICC Statute
International Criminal Court Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Mr John Battle (Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Leeds West, Labour)
I did not mean to suggest that the ICC per se should tackle the international drugs trade, but that some international forum should be charged with that challenge. It does not necessarily come within the ambit of the ICC. We might need to establish another institution to do it, and I am open to ideas. I would not want to give the impression that I had suggested that the ICC could move forward on that basis.