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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (118204)10/31/2003 4:34:21 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
The ICC proposes an unaccountable prosecutor, elected by the representatives of mostly unfree governments, bringing charges from a new, ill-defined & unprecedented body of law ("aggression"? what's that? we'll decide when we find somebody we want to prosecute for it) against anybody he damn pleases for anything he damn pleases, essentially.

You don't mention that the Rome Ruling claims jurisdiction not merely over signatories, like a normal treaty, but universal jurisdiction over anybody the prosecutor wants to prosecute - all that's needed is a go-ahead from the UN. If only one of the litigants is a signatory, that's good enough too, the prosecutor is good to go.

That the actions of the ICC would be politically motivated should be obvious to anyone who has watched the UN in action, or the various claims of the Belgian courts to universal jurisdiction. Indeed, that's why most of the supporters of the ICC like it, I believe.
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