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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: zonder who wrote (35008)5/25/2005 11:11:01 AM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
"Are you saying that a court martial is a war crimes trial?"

Of course not, though it may be in some cases. You see, "court martial" has a much broader meaning than "war crimes trial." For example, one can be tried by court martial for petty or serious crimes, committed during peace or war, in a war zone or not (provided, of course, that the accused is subject to the UCMJ and, therefore, the jurisdiction of military courts). A "war crimes trial" is a much more specific kind of trial, as its name implies.

If one is charged with abusing a suspected terrorist (to the point of death, let's say), is that a "war crime" or is it simply murder/manslaughter?

I'm not sure it is a "war crime" because the meaning of that term is far from clear and is often applied (or not) depending on the politics of the speaker.

But IF it is, is the trial only a "war crime trial" if held at the ICC and not in a US court? Why?
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