Saturday, February 19, 2005
Darfur, International Criminal Court and the United States
What does our opposition to it tell about us?
An article by Robin Cook in The Guardian(UK) on February 11th reads "If not in Darfur then where ?"
Mr. Cook (former Foreign Secretary, who resigned his seat in the Parliament in protest against Britain's participation in the war against Iraq) wrote: "Now Condoleezza Rice has been using her contacts in Europe to lobby privately for the Darfur atrocities to be referred anywhere but the international criminal court. Apparently she has suggested that Darfur could be brought under the remit of the existing UN tribunal for the genocide in Rwanda. This is desperation. The only common feature between Darfur and Rwanda is that they are both in Africa. It is also irresponsible. The Rwanda tribunal is still struggling under an impossible workload and is in no position to provide an expeditious remedy to Darfur's continuing violence."
Torture of prisoners in the news, again
This time it is Bagram, Afghanistan.
Links:
Guardian ICC
Guardian Bagram
An article by Robin Cook in The Guardian(UK) on February 11th reads "If not in Darfur then where ?"
Mr. Cook (former Foreign Secretary, who resigned his seat in the Parliament in protest against Britain's participation in the war against Iraq) wrote: "Now Condoleezza Rice has been using her contacts in Europe to lobby privately for the Darfur atrocities to be referred anywhere but the international criminal court. Apparently she has suggested that Darfur could be brought under the remit of the existing UN tribunal for the genocide in Rwanda. This is desperation. The only common feature between Darfur and Rwanda is that they are both in Africa. It is also irresponsible. The Rwanda tribunal is still struggling under an impossible workload and is in no position to provide an expeditious remedy to Darfur's continuing violence."
Torture of prisoners in the news, again
This time it is Bagram, Afghanistan.
Links:
Guardian ICC
Guardian Bagram
