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10 Mar The Problem with “Justice and Democracy”
...The dilemma is not really a dilemma. It is the result of the fact that the powerful want to commit their crimes with impunity. Otherwise we would have had the means by now to prevent abuse during humanitarian interventions. Imagine for instance that U.S. wants to put her own dictator in Syria and succeeds. After a while the documents of this policy might get declassified or leaked. The Syrians should be able to sue U.S. in an international court. Another possibility is that U.S. goes to ICJ and sues Syria...14 Jul Is The Israeli-Hezbollah War an International Armed Conflict?
Chris Borgen Roger, these are defintely the tough questions that are on the table. I make no claims at answers but I'll do some thinking aloud (well, figuratively aloud) to pick up the conversation you started. Without revisiting the issue of when/whether combatting a terrorist organization would be international armed conflict (shades of Hamdan), I'll comment on whether state responsibility can be ascribed to Lebanon for the actions of Hezbollah (of course there's also the issue of Iranian and Syrian repsonsibility but I will also set those aside for now)....21 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Friday, September 21, 2012
A Syrian airstrike has killed at least 54 amid heavy fighting in northern Syria. At a UN Security Council meeting, Iran was attacked about the aid it is providing to Syria’s government forces. At the IAEA’s meeting in Geneva, Iran and Israel squared off about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East region. The US has lifted a ban on New Zealand naval ships visiting US ports or bases in place since 1986, after New Zealand’s decision to ban any nuclear powered ships or nuclear armed ships from its ports, as...02 Apr John Bellinger’s Op-Ed on ISIS and the ICC (Updated)
...those leaders tomorrow if it had them in custody. Indeed, Fatou Bensouda has already mentioned the possibility of such nationality-based prosecutions. Moreover, a Security Council referral may be more trouble than it’s worth. John himself notes a major problem: if the territorial parameters of any such referral exposed members of the Syrian government to ICC jurisdiction, Russia and/or China would almost certainly veto the referral. And what if the referral exposed Syrian rebels to ICC jurisdiction? I can’t imagine the US, France, and the UK would be too keen about...