More than half of war crimes court's members back tribunal

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Mike Corder, Associated Press
Updated 2:28 pm CDT, Tuesday, June 23, 2020

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — More than half of the member states of the International Criminal Court voiced their support for the institution in a strongly worded statement issued Tuesday in response to the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff.

The 67 nations, including such U.S. allies as Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, said in the joint statement that they were reconfirming “our unwavering support for the Court as an independent and impartial judicial institution.”

The participating countries also reiterated their commitment to preserving the court's integrity “undeterred by any measures or threats against the Court, its officials and those cooperating with it.”

On June 11, President Donald Trump authorized economic and travel sanctions against International Criminal Court workers who were investigating troops and intelligence officials from the United States and allied nations, including Israel, for possible war crimes in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/More-than-half-of-war-crimes-court-s-members-back-15360708.php

[bdamomma]

1. oh boy

tRump is messing with the wrong court. Get him ICC.

[kimbutgar]

2. That's because he's afraid once he leaves the White House his war crimes will be exposed

There will mass graves of immigrants and sex trafficked kids that he knows about. Steven Miller will he tried also.

[totodeinhere]

4. I doubt it. GWB and other memebers of his adminsitration committed numerous

war crimes and got away with it. Nobody did squat about it. I suspect that nothing will be done about Trump either.

[kimbutgar]

5. This time is different

Have you seen the people in the streets like this except when they started the Bogus Iraq war ?

[Hotler]

3. Is he worried about something? I hope so. nt