Sunday, June 13, 2010

Israel's Barak threatened

Key quote from the article: " Activists have previously tried to arrest Barak and other Israeli officials in Europe under the principle of universal jurisdiction. That principle allows the prosecution of suspected war criminals in countries that have no direct connection with the events"

Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute/ICC and therefore is not really able to be tried for what happened with the Gaza blockade. If the 'like-minded' group that Robertson talked about(p.347) had prevailed during the conference then there would be universal jurisdiction and the prosecutors would be able to go after those that were thought to have ordered the attack.

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