Thai Delegation Meets with ICC as Country Faces Risk of Renewed Hostilities
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Thai Delegation Meets with ICC as Country Faces Risk of Renewed Hostilities PR Newswire THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 28, 2012 THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This week a delegation of Thai citizens held preliminary meetings with prosecutors of the

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Thai Delegation Meets with ICC as Country
Faces Risk of Renewed Hostilities
PR Newswire
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 28, 2012
THE HAGUE, Netherlands
,
June 28, 2012
/PRNewswire/ -- This week a delegation
of Thai citizens held preliminary meetings with prosecutors of the International
Criminal Court (ICC) in
The Hague, Netherlands
to discuss the violent military
crackdown against protesters in 2010 which led to more than 90 deaths.
Dr. Thongchai Winichakul, a professor of history based at the University of
Wisconsin, led the delegation along with numerous witnesses and survivors to
present before the ICC during this meeting. In a letter delivered to prosecutors
ahead of the meeting, Dr. Winichakul emphasized the historical importance
that the court could make in
Thailand
, where coups and violence against
civilians by the military has occurred repeatedly throughout history.
"Among the subjects I study include the atrocities in 1973, 1976, and 1992, and
the culture of impunity in
Thailand
. I have followed the political situation in
Thailand
closely since the coup in 2006, especially the bloodshed in April-
May
2010
and its aftermath," Dr. Winichakul wrote in his letter. "I would like to
request that the ICC can help bring the end to this repeated impunity – thereby
the repeated killings of civilians -- by investigating into the 2010 killings and
bringing the case to the International Criminal Court."
The visit to
The Hague
follows upon a two-year campaign to raise awareness of
the alleged crimes against humanity committed by the former government of
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Although
Thailand
has not ratified the Rome
Statute, it was proven that Prime Minister Abhisit is a British subject, and
therefore is under the court's jurisdiction, argues the legal team on behalf of
the Red Shirt victims.
"The meetings held with the ICC were productive, and we will continue to
comply with all normal protocol to move forward through the process," said
international lawyer Robert Amsterdam, of Amsterdam & Partners LLP, who
serves as international defense counsel to the United Front for Democracy
against Dictatorship (UDD), a group popularly known as the Red Shirts. "This
crucial meeting takes place within a very tense context. Given the ongoing
attempts by minority groups to yet again forcefully remove a democratically
elected party in an upcoming constitutional court decision, the prospect of
renewed violence and instability is a matter of grave concern for the
international community, and makes more relevant our request before the
ICC."
Further information on this case, including a full copy of Dr. Winichakul's letter,
can be found at http://www.robertamsterdam.com/thailand.
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