What are War Crimes? | Rome Statute and International Law

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[@sarven5974]

Rather well put! Very well informed and objective.

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[@PHIL_123]

Interesting fact about war crimes laws: Belgium had a law that allowed the use of Belgian courts to prosecute people on grounds of war crimes. In 2004 that was forcibly abolished/severely watered down due to Colin Powell / Bush being served over the Iraq war. Causing a bit of a diplomatic incident where the US threatened to remove NATO headquarters from Brussels. Source: 'Wiki - Belgian war crimes law '

[@Jozamendo]

That's because usa, France, the UK, Germany and naz-rael think that are exempt from prosecution from the Rome statatue.. and whatever the icc court does they will not abide by.. 🤦

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[@tatobezhitashvili6857]

Big up, man! Well defined!

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[@Lindatong2]

Why did US withdraw from the international criminal court jurisdiction?

[@KorczyksClass]

Excellent question! A lot of it has to do with the USA wanting to make sure criminal justice is handled by its own legal system, and not influenced by outside factors. Different administrations have had different views on it. Individual states also have significant jurisdiction over criminal matters, and if the federal government signed something that would infringe on state jurisdiction, there could be constitutional issues. The wikipedia article actually summarizes the relationship between the USA and ICC quite well... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court

[@Lindatong2]

@@KorczyksClass Thanks for the explanation. IMHO, Fundamentally, the US government and politicians as a whole, does not treat the human rights of non-US citizens as equal. In the deep mind of the US politicians and main stream media, foreigner’s life does not matter when there is a conflict of other US interests and priorities. The following paragraph from the Wikipedia Article illustrates this dilemma: In July 2002, the United States threatened to use its Security Council veto to block renewal of the mandates of several U.N. peacekeeping operations, unless the Security Council agreed to permanently exempt U.S. nationals from the Court's jurisdiction. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, said that the U.S. proposal "flies in the face of treaty law", risks undermining the Rome Statute, and could end up discrediting the Security Council.

[@JTH-hm8ew]

The United States as a major power has always been protective of its sovereignty. Not to mention there is a fundamental ideal that a court outside of the United States affecting US citizens would not guarantee the fundamental protections and rights afforded by the US Constitution.

[@JTH-hm8ew]

It should be noted that any treaty signed by the United States would TECHNICALLY(key word) take precedence over state criminal laws due to the Supremacy Clause. With that stated in the United States most criminal actions are governed and legislated under state laws. To take it a step further the day to day lives and activities of American citizens are mostly governed by state laws and local ordinances rather than even federal laws.

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[@lauren_jade_sam]

This should be broadcasted on the Israeli news channels

[@kaiovillar]

Grat video!

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[@junellebeso1517]

Thank you so much!

[@CalmCuB]

great content

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[@hamidrezaesmaili6310]

Great job

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[@OIBENben]

So the very government who is guilty upholding war and human trafficking are going to enforce a statute against war crimes? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@naziabatool6715]

What brought me here? War Crimes committed by Israel in Gaza!

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[@KorczyksClass]

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[@junellebeso1517]

Thank you so much!

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