Chat Control – possible EU Parliament liability under Rome Statute (ICC)
Dear European Parliament,
Under Regulation 1049/2001, I hereby request access to any documents, including legal opinions, notes, memoranda, or correspondence held by the Parliament’s Legal Service or other relevant services, which:
1) Assess or refer to the possibility that the adoption, implementation, or foreseeable consequences of the proposed Regulation on child sexual abuse material (“Chat Control”) could give rise to international criminal liability for the European Parliament or its Members under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,
2) Discuss concepts such as planning, instigating, ordering, or conspiracy (as defined under the Rome Statute) in connection with foreseeable or systemic fundamental rights infringements resulting from this or similar legislative initiatives, and
3) Were prepared between 2021 and the present.
As context, I note that on 14 April 2023, a written question (P9_QE(2023)001218) was submitted in Parliament, highlighting the risks of encryption breakage, false positives, authoritarian misuse, and systemic rights violations arising from the Chat Control proposal.
In light of such warnings already recorded in the Parliament’s official registry and given the subject matter, I invoke the overriding public interest in disclosure: this request concerns the protection of fundamental human rights and the potential criminal liability of elected representatives under international law.
If no such documents exist, I kindly request confirmation of that fact.
Yours faithfully,
Andrej Magyar
Our reference: 2025-0464
Dear Mr Magyar,
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TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
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Our reference: 2025-0464
Dear Mr Magyar,
We are writing in reply to your application under [1]Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 registered with the European Parliament under reference
2024-0464.
Your application seeks access to Parliament documents prepared between
2021 and the present that discuss specific aspects mentioned in your
request related to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
and a proposed regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. In
light of your application and following an examination by the relevant
Parliament services, please be informed that Parliament has not identified
documents within the scope of your application.
Insofar as your application concerns the [2]Proposal for a regulation
laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, we would like
to bring to your attention the following documents that may be of
interest:
• Briefing by the European Parliamentary Research Service from November
2024, which is available at [3]this link;
• Summary of the Parliament’s LIBE committee report dated 16 November
2023, which is available at [4]this link, and the full committee
report of the same date, which is available at [5]this link;
• Complementary impact assessment by the European Parliamentary Research
Service from April 2023, which is available at [6]this link.
On this basis, Parliament considers your application handled and the
procedure closed. Should you wish to submit any new requests for specific
Parliament documents, [7]please do not hesitate to come back to us.
Best regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[8][European Parliament request email]
[9]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
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