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

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