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Do you think the International Criminal Court should conduct an investigation of the USA for War Crimes in Afghanistan?
This is a story that is not getting enough coverage right now, so I thought we could bring a discussion here. Last week the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Ms. Fatou Bensouda announced that the court would be investigating the USA for crimes against humanity during the invasion of Afghanistan. United States forces have been accused of complicity in rape, cruelty and torture of detainees in secret facilities during 2003-2004. The ICC is simultaneously investigating crimes against humanity by the Taliban including murder and abduction of civilians.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...b039a2-5ee2-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html
The purpose of ICC is to bring to justice those who have committed crimes of war, aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide when nations are unwilling or unable to conduct their own investigation into potential wrongdoing towards the international community. It's current prosecutor Fatou is was a trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Over 120 world countries are state party to or signatories of the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court. The United States however is one of the countries that refuses to join the ICC. The USA has responded to the courts inquiries by revoking visas to their prosecutor and any officials attempting come the USA to conduct an investigation. The former National Security adviser John Bolton threatened to imprison officials of the court. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has recently threatened sanctions on the court as well, slamming investigations into the US, "This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body,"
Your thoughts? I fully support the investigation, nobody is above the law. I just hope the court doesn't cave to political pressure, and will follow to the letter of the law wherever the evidence leads them.
This is a story that is not getting enough coverage right now, so I thought we could bring a discussion here. Last week the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Ms. Fatou Bensouda announced that the court would be investigating the USA for crimes against humanity during the invasion of Afghanistan. United States forces have been accused of complicity in rape, cruelty and torture of detainees in secret facilities during 2003-2004. The ICC is simultaneously investigating crimes against humanity by the Taliban including murder and abduction of civilians.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...b039a2-5ee2-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html
The purpose of ICC is to bring to justice those who have committed crimes of war, aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide when nations are unwilling or unable to conduct their own investigation into potential wrongdoing towards the international community. It's current prosecutor Fatou is was a trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Over 120 world countries are state party to or signatories of the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court. The United States however is one of the countries that refuses to join the ICC. The USA has responded to the courts inquiries by revoking visas to their prosecutor and any officials attempting come the USA to conduct an investigation. The former National Security adviser John Bolton threatened to imprison officials of the court. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has recently threatened sanctions on the court as well, slamming investigations into the US, "This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body,"
Your thoughts? I fully support the investigation, nobody is above the law. I just hope the court doesn't cave to political pressure, and will follow to the letter of the law wherever the evidence leads them.
