This court is a very bad idea. Brought to you by the same sort of global government types that under Kurt Valdheim made some very antisemitic rulings.
In a different thread, your statement would be labeled FUD.
Strictly speaking, of course, we are all wrong. The International Court of Justice handles cases between States, the new International Criminal Court is where the copyright violators will be tried, along with war criminals, etc.
It is meant to take action where a country is unable or unwilling to punish major criminals. It is in the tradition of the Nurnberg Tribunal and the more recent ad hoc tribunal about the atrocities commited in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
It is not difficult to understand why the US prefer to create their own tribunal on a case by case basis (Vietnam is one of quite a few potential "issues").
And yet, what is happening to Milosevic et al. serves as a warning to governments all over the world. The advantages outweigh the problems by far.
I guess Rosen won't be happy until each and every pirate is charged with crimes against humanity and convicted by the International Court of Justice"
Well, if he managed to persuade the US government to support that Court, something good would have come out of the RIAA lobbying power at last. Until then, keep swapping:-).
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This court is a very bad idea. Brought to you by the same sort of global government types that under Kurt Valdheim made some very antisemitic rulings.
In a different thread, your statement would be labeled FUD.
Strictly speaking, of course, we are all wrong. The International Court of Justice handles cases between States, the new International Criminal Court is where the copyright violators will be tried, along with war criminals, etc.
It is meant to take action where a country is unable or unwilling to punish major criminals. It is in the tradition of the Nurnberg Tribunal and the more recent ad hoc tribunal about the atrocities commited in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
It is not difficult to understand why the US prefer to create their own tribunal on a case by case basis (Vietnam is one of quite a few potential "issues").
And yet, what is happening to Milosevic et al. serves as a warning to governments all over the world. The advantages outweigh the problems by far.
Well, if he managed to persuade the US government to support that Court, something good would have come out of the RIAA lobbying power at last. Until then, keep swapping :-).