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ICC judge on what U.S. sanctions mean for her and global courts

229 points · 173 comments · rbanffy

elAhmo · 1790961781 · focus · HN ↗
These sanctions are a prime example of influence of a foreign nation on the USA policies.
1. halflife · 1790965418 · focus · HN ↗
  And the ICC is not a prime example of influence of foreign nations on other's politics?
  1. potatototoo99 · 1790967083 · focus · HN ↗
    Foreign nations choose to sign the Rome Statute. Should the rest of the world be prohibited from thinking Netanyahu is a war criminal because it might offend non-signatory countries?
    halflife · 1790989880 · focus · HN ↗
    This is all foreign influence with just a different leverage. One is of sanctions, the other is of in a guise of international laws
    hattimaTim · 1790994380 · focus · HN ↗
    Ah, yes. If International Law let's me k*l children it's the best, otherwise nah.
    halflife · 1791022443 · focus · HN ↗
    Actually international law does let you do that, ie: child soldiers
  2. elAhmo · 1790975905 · focus · HN ↗
    History will remember your actions, being against an international court is a sign you are the bad guy. Not even mentioning anything else that is magnitudes worse.
    Funding of nearly every major USA political can only get you so far.
    halflife · 1790990695 · focus · HN ↗
    Right, because we know this court is infallible, and 1000% not political?
    The judges are picked by the member states, which are political. Karim khan (the former prosecutor who was kicked out because of sexual assault) asked to come to Israel as a delegation to investigate the charges. The day before he canceled the trip, and published the accusations without hearing the Israeli defense.
    The ICC is geopolitical theater just the same as the UN.
    Why isn’t there arrest for irans leaders? Why not for erdogan? Why not for living Hamas leaders?

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