International Criminal Court
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Video: Alex Jones: ‘ICC is a kangaroo court’
This isn’t the first time the ICC has come after figureheads, but with Gaddafi a sitting head of state, what implications does Colonel Gaddafi face? Continue reading
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Gaddafi’s arrest ordered by International Criminal Court — RT
’The decision of the International Criminal Court is not legally binding for Libya, for a simple reason – Libya is not a member state of the court, and as long as Mr. Gaddafi stays on Libya’s territory, this decision cannot be fulfilled,’ said Kosachev. Continue reading
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LIBYA – Behind the Phony ICC ‘Rape’ Charges: ARE NATO FORCES PREPARING A GROUND ATTACK? By Sara Flounders
Without presenting a shred of reliable evidence, NATO and International Criminal Court conspirators are charging the Libyan government with conspiracy to rape — not only rape as the ‘collateral damage’ of war, but rape as a political weapon. Continue reading
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An Empire of Terror – Selected Articles
17 May, 2011 — Global Research The “International Criminal Court”: Prosecuting Gaddafi With Questionable Evidence While Ignoring NATO-Israeli Atrocities – by Andy Dilks – 2011-05-17 Continue reading
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Alexander MEZYAEV: Aggression in the Light of International Law: Huge Problems and Minor Progress
The international law in its present form abounds with paradoxes. For example, it explicitly disallows the use of incendiary bullets, but contains no ban on the use of nuclear weapons. The present-day criminal law is in many parts just as incoherent: degrading treatment of captured occupants who brought death to the country they invaded is… Continue reading
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NGOs gathered in Kampala Call for End to Impunity Crisis Following Israeli Attack on Aid Convoy
This tragedy is the result of the prolonged impunity granted to Israel by the international community, despite Israel’s documented, persistent disregard for international and humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and its violation of fundamental human rights, including the right to life. Many of these violations also entail criminal responsibility; however, so far… Continue reading
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How daring is the International Criminal Court? By Alexander MEZYAEV
In September the International Criminal Court (ICC) officially reported it had started to preliminarily analyse information about likely inquiries into crimes by the US servicemen in Afghanistan and by Israeli troops in Gaza. The statements stand in stark contrast to the Court’s hitherto pursued policy and therefore merit special attention. Continue reading
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Video: Amira versus Israel
On August 31st this year, a 15 year-old girl from Gaza made history by filing a law suit against Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Amira Alquerem lost her father, brother and sister during the 22-day Israeli war on Gaza at the turn of the year. She’s accusing Israel of homicides against… Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Prosecuting Israel for war crimes
Vdeo: Who benefits from Israeli occupation? Recent coverage of the Middle East Lia Tarachansky speaks to Fatou Bensouda, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) about the Palestinian Authority’s appeal to join the group of nations over which the court has jurisdiction. Bensouda says that before the ICC can investigate the perpetration of… Continue reading
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The Responsibility to Protect, the International Criminal Court, and Foreign Policy in Focus: Subverting the UN Charter in the Name of Human Rights By Edward S. Herman & David Peterson
It was just a matter of time before members of the collapsing left enlisted in the imperial attack on the most fundamental principles of the UN Charter, and added their voices to the growing chorus of support for Western power-projection under the Responsibility to Protect doctrine (R2P) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). But this… Continue reading
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Sudan/Darfur is Test Case for Obama’s “Humanitarian” Aggression By Glen Ford
“Obama has not broken the American mold, but rather, appears to be fine-tuning a ‘humanitarian’ interventionist doctrine.” Continue reading
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Middle East Report Online: The Hazy Path Forward in Sudan by Sarah Washburne
Bashir was defiant, denouncing the warrant as ‘neo-colonialism,’ and praising his supporters in Martyrs’ Square as ‘grandsons of the mujahideen,’ a reference to the participants in the Mahdiyya uprising against Anglo-Egyptian rule in 1885. The atmosphere was almost one of jubilation; one might have mistaken the crowds for soccer fans celebrating a win. Continue reading
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French Kissing NATO’s Global Mission Creep By DIANA JOHNSTONE
NATO’s original raison d’être, the supposedly menacing Soviet bloc, has been dead for twenty years. But like the military-industrial complex itself, NATO is kept alive and growing by entrenched economic interests, institutional inertia and an official mindset resembling paranoia, with think tanks looking around desperately for “threats”. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 