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** The #ICC is opening war crimes cases against #Russia -- so why isn’t the #USA helping? **
Read my @latimes op-ed to find out…
latimes.com/opinion/story/…
** The #ICC is opening war crimes cases against #Russia -- so why isn’t the #USA helping? **
Read my @latimes op-ed to find out…
latimes.com/opinion/story/…
#AtrocityCrimes: Like others, U.S. politicians have decried Russia’s atrocity crimes in #Ukraine. President #Biden called it a #genocide. VP Harris recently said the U.S. has determined Russia has committed #CrimesAgainstHumanity.
theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…
theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…
#Investigations: And the U.S. is already helping Ukraine investigate these crimes. While Ukraine is already holding trials of Russians, it wants the ICC involved. But the @nytimes reports the Pentagon is blocking this – why?
nytimes.com/2023/03/08/us/…
nytimes.com/2023/03/08/us/…
1)Yesterday's announcement by #ICC #OTP that it has closed the preliminary examination of alleged #UK crimes in #Iraq caused dismay in the #ICL commentator class. Some thoughts for what they are worth (which many may think is not worth much!) icc-cpi.int/Pages/item.asp…
2)Let us begin by stating the clear reality that int'l crim. justice, while still in its infancy, is imbalanced in its application. This is a serious legitimacy problem that must be consistently worked on; ICC leadership, on many occasions, has acknowledged as much.
3)I must qualify my next statements by saying that I am not privy to the evidence and numerous factors at hand (i.e. more info could change my mind easily) W/that said, it seems clear that the crux of this matter occupies the very gray areas of the #RomeStatute & complementarity.
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda on the occasion of the 75 yr anniversary of the #NurembergTrials. Watch video statement ➡️ ⬇️ #justicematters @museen_nbg 
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “The legacy of #NurembergTrials is that no one is above the law, no matter how powerful. Atrocities as merely politics by other means must no longer receive a pass in our ethos. Never Again.” #justicematters
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “That legacy is personified through crucial work of my cherished friend @BenFerencz Chief Prosecutor at Einsatzgruppen trial, who is also in many ways one of the founding fathers of ICC & testified in the ICC’s first case decades after Nuremberg.”
1)The comment thread from one of my fav sparring partners, @multilateralist, to this #ICC tweet deserves some pushback. To be frank, this article & other recent events (e.g. ICC Prosecutor's visit to #Sudan) lay waste to negative narratives about the Ct that are w/out firm basis.
2)It is not a hard question, David. It is only made hard by DC policy insiders who consistently want to magically thread an impossibly small needle. At the very least, US should state its case&litigate per procedures available to all states(e.g. art. 18).
3)Both GOP & some Dem policy thinkers do a disservice to vital American interests by habitually thinking the #US has special rights to evade or otherwise not comply w/ procedures in place; other states w/grievances have utilized them.#RuleOfLaw esp. applies in such circumstances.
1) #CIJA is proud to have supported the #German prosecutor's investigation and arrest of the first high-ranking Syrian regime official for #AtrocityCrimes @dwnews bit.ly/2N68L9M #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes
2) CIJA provided regime documents, insider statements and victims testimonials that detail the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate #torture programme parts of which overseen by the arrested Anwar R #impunity @SaraAfshar @ABarnardNYT @bentaub91
3) General Intelligence Directorate is only one of the numerous #Assad regime security intelligence services that ran and are still running a massive detention and torture apparatus @alexgwhiting @BethVanSchaack @leloveluck @MarkKersten
