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Monday, March 09, 2009

Darfur= Justice or interference?

When the International Court of Justice or the World Court was set up for war crimes against humanity, I had some concerns as to who would be served by this court. Will it ever indict a leader, as George Bush, from the industrialized nations or the US or is it just for small poor third world countries.
The latest indictment is for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for the continued slaughter of three predominantly Christian tribes in Darfur. He may deserve to be put on trial, but what good is such a court if it only applies to poor third world countries.
According to the PDR Korean News agency:

“The Darfur issue is an internal issue of Sudan and it is, therefore, not a matter which allows foreign forces to interfere in it and settle it by hurting the dignity of the Sudanese people.
It is a super-state act to lord it over sovereign states and freely interfere in their internal affairs in disregard of their sovereignty. Such practice will only disturb the stability of the international relations and wreck the world peace.
The Darfur issue should be settled in a peaceful way on the principle of respecting the sovereignty of the Sudanese people.”

For the rest click here.

It’s not surprising that this issue is opposed by small independent governments.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir talk during an official departure ceremony for the Sudanese president in Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2006.(UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

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