#but it wouldn't compel you in practice! especially seeing as how the unsc has. u know. the us in it | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

louisdotmp3 · 10 months

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btw when u talk about the icc and israel u should know that they were one of the 7 countries that voted against the rome statute specifically because, "the action of transferring population into occupied territory" was included in the list of war crimes

#i'm seeing people talk about how on the list of things that needs to happen is the icc prosecuting israel #i don't know how effective that would be. if u'll recall the icc issued an arrest warrant for putin in march #not only is russia not a party to the rome statute but the us isn't either and is hesitant to even say #that the icc should have jurisdiction over putin a non member state citizen #what do u think us officials would say about the icc issuing arrest warrants for israeli officials #technically even if u aren't a member the unsc can refer a case to the prosecutor and that would compel you legally to comply #but it wouldn't compel you in practice! especially seeing as how the unsc has. u know. the us in it #so that would never actually happen #in fact blinken wrote a press statement in 2021 saying that he was deeply disappointed in the icc's investigation into #the 'palestinian situation' and that the palestinians don't count as a sovereign state #so not only in the us's and current admin's view do palestinians not qualify for membership but in the current admin's view the icc has no #jurisdiction over israel/israeli officials #anyway the conclusion of all this is. the icc would only issue arrest warrants for a handful of israeli officials #and that won't get to the root problem of israel being a genocidal ethnostate

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