VOA标准英语2009年-ICC Prosecutor Promises Speed in Kenya Pro
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)
By Alan Boswell
Nairobi
07 November 2009
Luis Moreno Ocampo, prosecutor 1 of the ICC, speaks during a press conference at Safari 2 Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, 7 Nov 2009
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, ended a crucial visit to Kenya Saturday detailing his plan to speedily investigate and then prosecute 3 the top suspects of the nation's post-election violence. The prosecutor wants to name those to be charged before the campaign season begins for the 2012 elections.
Ocampo announced on Thursday that he was invoking 4 his prosecutorial 5 powers to ask the Court to authorize 6 investigations 8 into crimes committed during the violence following the disputed December 2007 presidential election. The International Criminal Court announced on Friday that the Kenya case had been assigned a pre-trial chamber 9 at the prosecutor's request.
The statement from Ocampo came after Kenya's president and prime minister informed the prosecutor during a face-to-face meeting that they would not refer the case themselves to the ICC.
Kenya is a signatory to the Court's governing statute 10 and is legally obliged to cooperate with the Court's proceedings 11. The two Kenyan leaders announced they would fulfill 12 their legal requirements under international law.
Ocampo stated that he will try to move the process quickly due to the nation's looming 13 next elections.
"Everyone is worried about the next election in Kenya in 2012," he said. "That's why I understand the importance of speed, and I am working to be sure that during 2010 - if the judges authorize investigations - we will be able to complete investigations and to define who are the suspects, who are the accused, that have to have justice in Kenya. And that will clean the situation [so] that you can have peaceful election [seasons] in 2011 and 2012."
The prosecutor said that his intention was to prosecute those most responsible for the most heinous 14 acts committed during the 2008 chaos 15. He expects to eventually seek charges against two or three senior Kenyan individuals.
The flawed 2007 presidential election sparked weeks of deadly turmoil 16 concentrated largely along ethic 17 lines. Most of the mob violence took place in urban slums and in Kenya's Rift 18 Valley region.
A couple influential 19 politicians who are likely to hold presidential ambitions in the upcoming poll are among those most speculated to be Ocampo targets. Many fear that ICC indictments 20 could cause renewed outbreaks of violence from supporters of the charged individuals.
While the pre-trial judges must approve Ocampo's request before he can begin formal investigations, the prosecutor expressed confidence that he will receive the authorization 21 he is seeking.
"I think I have a strong case because the Waki Commission is a very good report full of information, and there are other reports," he added. "The U.N. produced reports, different human rights groups produced reports. I believe that we have a strong case."
The Waki Commission, which was headed by a Kenyan judge Philip Waki, but whose two other members were foreigners, was set-up by the Kenyan government to look into the post-election violence.
The findings of the report were kept under seal and handed over to former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, who in July shocked the Kenyan political establishment by handing over the collected evidence to the ICC prosecutor.
Ocampo plans to charge the Kenyan suspects with committing crimes against humanity. He says if the investigation 7 is approved he will return to Kenya to meet personally with the violence victims and to view the sites where the worst crimes took place.
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。
- They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。
- I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
- Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？
- You can customise the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You can customize the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自辞典例句
- If prosecutorial misconduct results in a mistrial, a later prosecution may be barred. 如果检察官的不轨行为导致审判无效，再行起诉可能会被除数禁止。 来自口语例句
- Prosecutorial supervision is required according to public power attribution of civil litigation. 民事诉讼的个性和检察监督是对立统一的关系，并不排斥检察监督。
- He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
- Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
- The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
- This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
- The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
- They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
- I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
- The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。
- They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
- The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。
- He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕。
- The sun appeared through a rift in the clouds.太阳从云层间隙中冒出来。
- He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
- He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
- A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization. 纽约的一个陪审团对这个组织的创始人提起了多项刑事诉讼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- These two indictments are self-evident and require no elaboration. 这两条意义自明，无须多说。 来自互联网
- Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
- You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。