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Belarus’s human rights abuses and crimes against humanity (as defined by the ICC) are highly relevant no matter whether its government signed the statute or not
by Wald76 6y ago
Belarus’s human rights abuses and crimes against humanity (as defined by the ICC) are highly relevant no matter whether its government signed the statute or not, or whether its government trolls consider it a “toy court”.
- 477rruruurur 6y agoSo then it should be easy to explain the relevance of the ICC in this situation instead of just saying it's "highly relevant".
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoSome countries have the Universal jurisdiction [1]. The idea is that whenever the crime happens, it can be tried in the country. Even US had a couple of cases where Universal jurisdiction was applied. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_jurisdiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_jurisdiction
- 477rruruurur 6y agoThat doesn't really make the ICC relevant in a way worth acknowledging since by definition the same applies to many places at the same time.
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoEvery country that implements Universal jurisdiction can try foreigners pretty much like ICC, yep.