§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his policy toward the establishment of an international criminal court.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggIt is clear that there are substantial legal, political and practical obstacles to establishing an international criminal court. The International Law Commission has for the last three years been actively addressing many of them. At the General Assembly last year, we supported the commission's request to be granted a mandate to draft a statute of an international criminal court as a matter of priority. We now await that draft and will give it careful consideration.