At 08:56 12-4-02 +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: >>The treaty needed to be ratified by 60 nations to come into effect. Ten >>countries submitted their ratifications Thursday -- Bosnia, Bulgaria, >>Cambodia, Congo, Ireland, Jordan, Mongolia, Niger, Romania and Slovakia -- > >Yep - that's a list of countries I want involved in making sure atrocities >are dealt with correctly. >I don't know much about Bulgaria or Slovakia post-USSR, but the others >have terrible records of deaths of innocents. > >Not that I oppose the court, I just find it ironic that these particular >countries got it across the line.
What is even more ironic is that countries with such lousy records vote in favour of the International Criminal Court, while the self-proclaimed champion of democracy and human rights -- the US -- is *opposed* to it... Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
