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[title] => International Court Cop Out
[time] => 2003-03-12 03:20:00
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[bodytext] => The International Criminal Court officially opens on Tuesday. But along with Iraq and China, the United States isn't a party to the tribunal which intends to prosecute crimes against humanity throughout the world.
The International Criminal Court, the world's first independent, permanent and global war crimes tribunal holds its inaugural session on Tuesday with the swearing-in of 18 judges. The court is based on the principles of the Nuremberg tribunals set up after World War II to try German and Japanese leaders accused of gross violations of human rights. ... Human rights organizations have hailed the inauguration of the court as the biggest step forward for world justice since the Nuremberg Tribunals. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was among hundreds of dignitaries invited to the opening ceremony. ... "The current leadership in the United States seems to have forgotten the lessons we tried to teach the rest of the world." Benjamin Ferencz, who served as a war crimes prosecutor for the U.S. at the Nuremberg Tribunals Bush says he wants all villains found To face their evil deeds He wants to bring them to the law To kill off all bad seeds And what do we find this very day? A new court has begun Where justice will be given out And a better world be won But Bush refuses to be a part He wants to do his will He doesn’t want any judge To stop HIS right to kill What hypocrisy is this Cowboy George? Are you above the law? Do you think you alone Are without a single flaw? We see the brutal face right here Of a criminal undertaking You Bush, YOU will undermine A new world in the making [comments] => 1 [counter] => 151 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Steeleyes [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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