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"Donald Trump has declared war on international justice by the dictatorial
device of an executive order. He has sanctioned the international criminal
court. This empowers him to seize any funds belonging to the court or its
judges or employees and to ban them from entering the US. He issued a similar
sanction, during his previous presidency, but it was overturned by Joe Biden
before court challenges to it could be heard. This time it will prevent ICC
leaders from entering New York to report to the UN and will end cooperation to
provide evidence to ICC prosecutors for action against Russian commanders. The
greatest beneficiary of Trump’s sanction will be Vladimir Putin.
Australia is one of the 125 state members of the ICC but, inexplicably, it has
not yet spoken out against Trump’s puerile initiative. Seventy-nine state
members immediately did so, with allies including the UK, Germany and France
describing their support for the court’s independence, impartiality and
integrity as “unwavering”. They warned that Trump’s decision might imperil the
confidentiality and safety of victims of the crimes being investigated.
Australia should speak out in similar terms. Our judges and our lawyers played
a vital part in the Tokyo trials after the second world war, and Australia made
a significant contribution to the trials of war criminals in the Balkans and
Sierra Leone, and has fully supported the ICC up to this point. Trump’s
hostility provides no reason to withdraw from a court which has so much work
still to do in Myanmar, Sudan, the Congo and elsewhere, since 20 armed and
lethal conflicts continue, in the world, at present."
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model: The View From Here
https://www.patreon.com/posts/view-from-here-122307299
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
