Rashida Tlaib said the international court has a duty to investigate and deliver justice to victims of human rights violations and war crimes in Palestine.
Lawmaker Rips US Opposition to ICC Probe of Israel
Tag: War Crimes
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Top UN Anti-Torture Official Again Urges Assange’s Release
The WikiLeaks founder’s “prolonged solitary confinement in a high security prison is neither necessary nor proportionate,” said Nils Melzer on Tuesday.
LETTER FROM LONDON: The Surreal US Case Against Assange
The fox is guarding the henhouse and Washington is prosecuting a publisher for exposing its own war crimes. Alexander Mercouris diagnoses the incoherence of the U.S. case for extradition.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: After Cheering Assange’s Abuse, Journalists Have Paved Path to US Gulag
Eight years of misdirection by the corporate media has laid the ground for the current public indifference to Assange’s extradition and widespread ignorance of its horrendous implications, writes Jonathan Cook.
Trump Sanctions Top ICC Officials Probing US War Crimes in Afghanistan
The White House opposes the Hague-based court’s investigation of not only Afghanistan but also alleged crimes committed by Israeli officials against Palestinians.
Israel’s List of Officials Who Might Be Arrested if They Travel Abroad
Israel’s failure to initiate genuine proceedings against people charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine opens it up to ICC intervention, write Dana Farraj and Asem Khalil.
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons
The mere possession of nuclear weapons violates the Nuremberg Principles (decreed a day before Nagasaki) and other international laws, argues international law professor Francis Boyle.
Trump Is Trying to Hide US & Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court
Marjorie Cohn reports on a war-crimes complaint filed with the ICC against the U.S. president, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump adviser Jared Kushner
As Norway Bid for Security Council Seat, It Was Accused of Hypocrisy By Nuremberg Prosecutor
UPDATED: Though it has a reputation of upholding international law, Norway has refused to ratify an amendment that adds the crime of aggression to the International Criminal Court.
COVID-19: Complicit in Millions of Deaths Since 1945, UK Govt Won’t Face Justice Over Virus
Britain’s unwritten constitution is still permeated by the medieval concept of Crown immunity. It deems ministers can’t break the law and act not as persons but agents of the Crown, says Mark Curtis.