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The Big Power Play-International Criminal Court
More interjections of possible international governing powers and The USA and Israel are balking at it's inclusions? If you can't put two and two together then ignore this post.
serf
http://news.yahoo.com/why-palestinians-joined-international-criminal-court-223440032--politics.html
The Security Council has let us down. Where shall we go?"
Tuesday's failed resolution for UN statehood would have set a one-year deadline for negotiations with Israel, established a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem, and called for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the West Bank by the end of 2017. The resolution needed nine votes from the 15 member body; it garnered eight, with the United States voting against, Britain abstaining, and France, China, and Russia among those voting in support. Some questioned why the resolution was pushed forward now-in January, a rotation will bring to the Security Council new countries, like Malaysia, which might have proved more likely to vote in favor. Abbas, who has been under strong domestic political pressure, may have pressed for a vote now to avoid forcing a U.S. veto-and the confrontation a veto would bring.
The Case for Inclusion of Terrorism in the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2410232
In this article the authors advocate the inclusion of terrorism in the jurisdiction of the ICC, in order to plug the jurisdictional loophole. Taking the striking analogy between terrorism and war crimes - to wit, the attack on innocent civilians - as point of departure, the authors argue that it is rather arbitrary to depend jurisdiction on the crossing of the line of armed conflict. Moreover, in case of terrorism weak states are often incapable of prosecuting and trying the culprits and this situation reinforces the case for inclusion of terrorism as a separate crime in the jurisdiction of the ICC.
serf
http://news.yahoo.com/why-palestinians-joined-international-criminal-court-223440032--politics.html
The Security Council has let us down. Where shall we go?"
Tuesday's failed resolution for UN statehood would have set a one-year deadline for negotiations with Israel, established a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem, and called for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the West Bank by the end of 2017. The resolution needed nine votes from the 15 member body; it garnered eight, with the United States voting against, Britain abstaining, and France, China, and Russia among those voting in support. Some questioned why the resolution was pushed forward now-in January, a rotation will bring to the Security Council new countries, like Malaysia, which might have proved more likely to vote in favor. Abbas, who has been under strong domestic political pressure, may have pressed for a vote now to avoid forcing a U.S. veto-and the confrontation a veto would bring.
The Case for Inclusion of Terrorism in the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2410232
In this article the authors advocate the inclusion of terrorism in the jurisdiction of the ICC, in order to plug the jurisdictional loophole. Taking the striking analogy between terrorism and war crimes - to wit, the attack on innocent civilians - as point of departure, the authors argue that it is rather arbitrary to depend jurisdiction on the crossing of the line of armed conflict. Moreover, in case of terrorism weak states are often incapable of prosecuting and trying the culprits and this situation reinforces the case for inclusion of terrorism as a separate crime in the jurisdiction of the ICC.
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