Hey Cheryl,
Well, then we have to change the minds of people like Jeff Waters, that EVERY human life is as precious as any other. It's this "laissez faire" attitude, that well its only a handful of deaths, so we shouldnt take action, which undermines human rights defenders everywhere. I hope you send this email to Mr Waters and see what he says.
Yes, we already know about the time restriction of the ICC, which is a farce to protect first world nations. Secondly, even the mass killer Stalin knew that "one death is a tragedy, million deaths is just a statistics".
The ICC prosecutor is the one we target, and of course they wont dare prosecute white genocidal first world nations. They are as toothless as the rest of the clowns at the UN, NEVERTHELESS, we must hold them to their mandate of prosecuting those who commit genocide and crimes against humanity, to the letter of the law of the Rome Statute.
The ICC really has no jurisdiction in Darfur Sudan, Burma or any other places in which they try to meddle. Why? because none of those places have signed agreements with the UN and the ICC, regarding genocide and crimes against humanity; Australia is one of the few "nations" who has.
Should they try to prosecute? Of course, they should. BUT as we can see, those nations just tell the ICC to F' OFF, until they bring their guns, which is unlikely unless there is oil to steal.
Australia is the few of the nations that has defered their criminal code to the ICC, which makes the ICC's job much much easier. One hot- air statement from the ICC is all it takes to have the High Court of Australia on their knees. (Right-wing white nationalists will whine about the constitution, not withstanding)
Here is an inception or the education of the ICC, regarding their own mandate, for christ sakes!! They have been useless in Sudan, Angola, Burma, Palestine etc etc, because of their hypocrisy; make an example of first world nation such as Australia and other nations might listen:
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To the brighter side of life, have a wonderful and safe holiday period, and may the New Year bring much more happy tidings.
C
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 4:41 PM,
Hi to you both,
I forwarded these links around as widely as I could (incl. to Jeff Waters - ABC journo) and thought I'd pass on an extract of the email response he sent me. Of course, with Jeff being a journo, albeit not such a bad one, he's probably looking at the negative side of things but thought I'd send it on all the same.
Hope you and your families all share a peaceful, safe and happy break over what's known as 'the festive season'!
Cheers
Cheryl
'I took a look at this and then went to have a look at the ICC website to try to work out why they might have not answered requests for prosecutions.
Two things, firstly, the court has no jurisdiction for anything which took place before 2002, when it was set up.
Secondly, it says it is only responsible for prosecuting =93the gravest =93 genocide or war crimes. The court has been largely set up to prosecute people for taking part in what could be describes as massacres (as is evidenced by the prosecutions/cases to date) so, as there have been no =93massacres=94 here since 2002, they don=92t seem likel= y to find white Australia=92s track record since that date bad enough to warrant prosecutions. (You know that I work hard myself to try to improve our record!)
Finally, the only bodies which can bring action in this court are member states (Canberra won=92t do it), the UN Security Council (highly unlikely as well) and the court prosecutor.
The prosecutor seems to concentrate on war zones, mass killings and the like.'
Hi everyone,
Passing these 'interesting' links on fyi.
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Cheers
Cheryl