LIMA, Feb. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Baltasar Garzon, a judge of the Spanish Supreme Court, advised Peruvian authorities Tuesday to ask the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, to file a charge against ousted President Alberto Fujimori.

¡¡¡¡The judge, who was visiting Peru, stressed in an interview with Radioprogramas that every way should be tried so that "impunity elements are not reproduced."

    "To protect a person by preventing him from answering to justiceis not a heroic act but a misinterpretation of what a nation's sovereignty is," Garzon pointed out.

    He said Japan is, maybe because of its history, a very complicated nation when it comes to extraditions, but "it has no reason to deny the extradition of the former president."

    "We have the game of the old extradition institution that answers not to the efficient administration of justice but to the 19th century sovereignty criteria," he added.

    However, experts on Japanese law believe that it would be unlikely for Tokyo to agree to let the world court resolve the dispute over Fujimori's extradition.

    Fujimori, 65, accused of involving in a string of scandals, left Peru in November 2000 when he was attending an international conference. He has since been staying in Japan because he also holds Japanese citizenship.

    Fujimori was deprived of presidency and is wanted by the Peruvian Supreme Court on charges of authorizing the military's massacre of 25 people in 1991-1992, embezzlement of public funds and dereliction of duty.

    Peru is seeking his extradition from Japan, but Japan has refused, saying Japan's law prohibits citizens from being tried inanother country. Enditem