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martedì, 05 aprile 2005

UN Security Council approved Thursday, 1 April a resolution that authorises International Crimanal Court (ICC) to try suspected perpetrators of human rights abuses and war crimes in Sudan's Southern region of Darfur.
Usa, that doesn't recognize the ICC authority, had threatened to veto the resolution for fears that this would have involved Americans citizens and made of them targets of political lawsuits. So what? They obtained "assurances that bar the ICC, and other courts, from prosecuting citizens within Sudan from countries that are not a party of the ICC", as AllAfrica says. Americans talked about "genocide" for crimes committed in Darfur, but actually consider their fears more important than resolving this tragic situation. Exporting democracy is worth only for Iraq...