Dr. Rath’s remarks in front of the International Criminal Court handing over the Complaint Against the Pharmaceutical/Petrochemical Cartel
to the Office of the Prosecutor
- The Hague June 15, 2003 -

Today is a historic day. It is June 15, 2003 and we, on behalf of the people of the world, have come here to The Hague to bring a complaint in front of and to the International Criminal Court, that has been established here on behalf of the United Nations to prevent crimes against humanity and in order to prevent world wars and the abyss of mankind.

Here today we are handing to the public prosecutor of the International Criminal Court the complaint against genocide and other crimes against humanity committed in connection with the pharmaceutical ‘business with disease’ and the recent war against Iraq. This complaint is submitted to the International Criminal Court by myself and others on behalf of the people of the world. The Hague, June 15, 2003. The address is the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Senator Louis Moreno-Ocampo, who will start his office this coming Monday, June 16.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague

This complaint brings before the International Court of Justice the greatest crimes ever committed in the course of human history. The accused from the pharmaceutical and petrochemical interest groups are charged with causing injury to and the death of millions of people through the ‘business with disease’, war crimes and other crimes against humanity and these crimes fall under the jurisdiction of this International Criminal Court.

The charges presented in this complaint relate to two main fields of crime. The first field: Genocide and other crimes against humanity committed in connection with the pharmaceutical business with disease against those millions of patients who have died from heart disease, from strokes, from cancer, from many other diseases that long ago could have been eradicated if not for their financial interest and greed. The second area of complaints and charges relate to crimes of war and aggression and other crimes against humanity committed in connection with the recent war against Iraq and the international escalation towards a new world war.

These two fields of crime are directly related and connected by one factor: They are committed in the name and interest of the same corporate investment groups and their political stakeholders. If these interest groups and their political stakeholders are not held accountable for these crimes immediately, they will continue the escalation of the international crisis with the ultimate risk of a war with weapons of mass destruction.

In this critical and historical situation I am here, we are all here today, to bring these crimes against humanity, these war crimes, crimes of aggression and genocide to the attention of the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court and urge him to take immediate action to prevent further crimes and the ultimate disaster of a world war.

And we encourage from here every individual person, every government, every corporation or organization from anywhere in the world who has suffered from these crimes, to terminate these crimes: Join us in this campaign!

Unanimous support for Dr. Rath after his speech

We are here from all continents. There are people here from America and from Asia, there are people here from Africa, from Australia and many of us from Europe. We come from all walks of life. We are here because we are convinced that this is the right thing to do.

We are here because these crimes against humanity, the unnecessary deaths of millions of patients and people need to be stopped right now!

We are united in speaking the truth and we know it’s only a question of time until the truth will be heard the world over.

We are here not only for ourselves. We are also here for the generations of our children and grandchildren: For You, we are here today, too!

So, let’s hand over this criminal complaint to once and for all terminate the ‘business with disease’ and the other crimes committed on behalf of this cartel.

Dr. Rath, handing over the complaint inside of the ICC

To document your support for the filing of this complaint, all of you who are in favor that this complaint is to be handed to the prosecutor today, please raise your hands so that everyone sees that all of us want to stop these crimes, the ‘business with disease’ and other crimes against humanity.

We now file the “Complaint against genocide and other crimes against humanity,” with my signature, on behalf of the people of the world, at the following address: Senator Louis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, Maanweg 174, Den Haag.