Humanity vs. War Criminals
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Posted by Blazingstar on February 17, 2004 at 09:09:58:
"And power was given him (the antichrist) over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations." [Rev. 13:7]
MESSAGE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: Not counting all the thousands of innocent men,
women and children already murdered, tortured and
imprisoned by Bush's Fourth Reich, how many more
U.S. soldiers will have to die for his
dictatorship, in Iraq? Imagine us living a few centuries ago, when
millions of Indians were being murdered,
tortured, maimed, raped, imprisoned and run off
their Lands. Would we just be sitting around,
acting as if it was none of our business; or
acting as if there was nothing we could do,
to stop these horrendous crimes against humanity? Humans have been programmed, to let their
governments do whatever their governments want to
do, and that is not democracy, that is evil
incarnate, and worse. Unprogram yourselves,
folks; unprogram yourselves, and help stop the
ongoing atrocities in the Middle East and beyond
being committed, IN YOUR NAME AND MINE! If we do not protest or otherwise help stop these
atrocities being perpetrated IN OUR NAME, we are
just as guilty of these horrendous crimes, as
those who are carrying them out FOR US. There is something each of us can do, even from
the comfort of our homes and offices. To help
stop these ongoing atrocities, please take the
following four steps: 1) Petition the International Criminal Court to
arrest and prosecute Bush and his henchmen -- if
you haven't already -- at http://www.petitiononline.com/ICCbush/petition.html 2) Send that petition from the above URL to all
your friends and associates, at their email
addresses 3) Express your personal desire to have Bush and
his henchmen punished for their crimes directly
with the International Criminal Court via email,
at: otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int 4) Forward this particular message you are now
reading, to all your friends and associates. --- How much simpler and easier can it get, to
protest the atrocities being perpetrated IN OUR
NAME? Like I, you are one person, but you as one
person can inspire a few persons you know and
love, to inspire a few persons they know and
love, and so on and so forth until hundreds,
thousands, millions and billions of good men,
women and children on this earth say NO MORE! Please do not underestimate the singular power
you have, to help stop the crimes against
humanity being perpetrated IN YOUR NAME NO LESS
THAN MINE. paz-amor, ruben
***
To: "Public Information Office" , otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int,
From: "Blazingstar" Add to Address Book
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 06:45:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Homelessworld ~* RE: International Criminal Court (ICC) duty-bound to indict President Bush et al
To: Sophia Noomen, International Criminal Court
Thank you for your kind and prompt reply, to our
Petition against President Bush et al in regard
to their war crimes and other atrocities in Iraq.
I pray the prosecutor and judges of your
International Criminal Court (ICC) take prompt
action against the lawless perpetrators of these
heinous crimes, some of the worst atrocities in
the history of our species that the whole world
has been forced to witness under the disingenuous
guise of "fighting terrorism," "getting Saddam"
and(or) "spreading freedom and democracy around
the world." There can be no justification, excuse or
mitigation of these horrendous crimes against the
millions of innocent Iraqi men, women and
children or anyone else whose life has been
needlessly taken or crushed by the U.S. forces
and their allies. The accused, George W. Bush et
al, are far worse terrorists, murderers and
plunderers than Saddam Hussein and his allies
ever were or could be. Perhaps both heads of state and their primary
co-conspirators should be held to answer for
their atrocities before your Court, but it is
abominable your Court would permit mass murderers
like Bush and his henchmen to arrest, prosecute
and(or) murder Iraqis with impunity, while ICC
sits like monkeys, speaking evil via the inaction
of seeing, hearing and knowing no evil in re
George W. Bush et al. Aryan propaganda against Iraq, and against the
rest of the Arab, Muslim and Islamic world, has
not succeeded in convincing the majority of our
species that these poor souls are any less human,
kind, loving or worthy of life than the rest of
us. Petitioners and all the People of this good earth
expect and deserve, to hear from ICC in re the
abomination George W. Bush et al forced the whole
world to endure for no good, just or worthy cause
whatsoever. George W. Bush is neither a god, king
or dictator; he is a savage beast that must
answer like all other monsters for their heinous
crimes against humanity.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ruben Botello, Director
WORLD HOMELESS UNION (NGOs)
http://sananda.tripod.com/homeless/welcome.html
--- Public Information Office
wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> Your message has been forwarded to the ICC
> relevant office.
>
> If in the future you have more enquiries
> related to your message, I suggest you to
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>
> The Division of Communication and External
> Relations is pleased of having been of
> assistance to you.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Sophia Noomen
> Assistante
> Assistant
> Division de la Communication et des Relations
> extŽrieures
> Division of Communication and External
> Relations
> Cour pŽnale internationale
> International Criminal Court
> T: + 31 70 515 8 515
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>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blazingstar
> [mailto:changingworks@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 14 February 2004 23:18
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> Subject: International Criminal Court (ICC)
> duty-bound to indict President Bush et al
>
>
>
> February 14, 2004
>
> TO: Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
> and
> Concerned Citizens of the World
>
>
> The International Criminal Court has existed
> since the 15th Century, to mete out justice
> against genocide, war crimes and other
> horrendous
> atrocities against humanity.
>
> "Cases may be submitted to it either by the
> Security Council, or by a State Party, or by
> the
> ex-officio Prosecutor, acting on the basis of
> information received in particular from
> victims,
> NGOs or other sources it considers
> appropriate."
> (see below attachment)
>
> ICC may surprise the world -- by investigating,
> arresting and prosecuting George W. Bush et al,
> as required by international law on behalf of
> the
> hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men, women and
> children who have died, needlessly, and on
> behalf
> of the millions of Iraqi men, women and
> children
> who continue, to suffer under the terrorist
> reign
> of the U.S. invaders -- or the ICC judges and
> prosecutor may ignore these atrocities,
> altogether.
>
> The ICC stands against the best interests of
> the
> Iraqi victims of George W. Bush et al, when
> claiming, "Without doubt, the most important
> principle of the Statute of Rome is that the
> Court complements national jurisdictions and
> that
> it may only exercise its jurisdiction if the
> States concerned are unable or unwilling to
> prosecute the perpetrators of crimes which fall
> within the competence of the Court." The most
> important thing is to put mass murders and
> other
> war criminals behind bars for their heinous
> crimes, not to complement the "national
> jurisdictions" these war criminals hide behind,
> before, during and after committing these
> atrocities.
>
> If the ICC does its job, as required by the
> Rome
> Statute of 1998 referred to below, George W.
> Bush
> and his primary co-conspirators will be behind
> bars, and facing criminal prosecution for their
> heinous crimes against millions of innocent
> Iraqi
> citizens, soon. If ICC fails to do its job, the
> world will learn that this "international
> criminal court" is nothing more than a travesty
> and a sham.
>
> Paz y amor,
>
> Ruben Botello, JD
> Director, World Homeless Union
> http://sananda.tripod.com/homeless/welcome.html
>
> ATT. (1)
>
> ***
>
>
>
> Rome Statute
>
> The Rome Statute of the International Criminal
> Court was adopted on 17th July 1998 at the end
> of
> a diplomatic conference of plenipotentiaries
> organised by the United Nations.
>
> Of course, the International Criminal Court has
> a
> very long history. It is generally agreed that
> the first ad hoc International Criminal Court
> sat
> in 1474 to judge Peter Von Hagenbach on crimes
> committed during the siege of the town of
> Breisach.
>
> The idea of an International Criminal Court was
> revived in the 19th century by Gustave Moynier
> to
> judge violations of the Geneva Convention of
> 1864.
>
> After the failure of the attempts to establish
> an
> International Tribunal after the First World
> War,
> the Tribunals of Nuremberg and Tokyo
> effectively
> functioned as such after the Second World War
> and
> convicted several dozen people, thus laying the
> foundations for international criminal justice.
>
> The ad hoc Tribunals for Rwanda and the former
> Yugoslavia, which have now been operating for
> nearly ten years, have shown the usefulness and
> the need for international criminal justice. In
> so doing, they have paved the way for the
> creation of a permanent Court.
>
> In 1989, Trinidad and Tobago proposed to the
> United Nations the creation of a permanent
> International Criminal Court to bring
> prosecutions for drug trafficking.
>
> But it was in 1995 that the negotiations on The
> Rome Statute of the International Criminal
> Court
> began at the United Nations, based on a draft
> statute prepared and then adopted by the
> International Law Commission in July 1994.
>
> At the initiative of the United Nations'
> General
> Assembly, an ad hoc committee sat twice in 1995
> in New York at United Nations Headquarters to
> debate the draft statute by the International
> Law
> Commission.
>
> At the end of 1995, the United Nations' General
> Assembly decided to create a Preparatory
> Committee to work out a draft Statute to be
> submitted to a diplomatic conference.
>
> This Preparatory Committee then met twice in
> 1996, three times in 1997, then one last time
> in
> March/April 1998 to finalise a draft Statute.
> All
> the Member States of the Nations took part in
> these negotiations and tabled numerous
> proposals.
>
> The Statute was finally adopted in Rome in July
> 1998. It comprises thirteen parts and is
> particularly detailed.
>
> Part I concerns the setting up of the Court and
> in particular provides for the Court to be a
> permanent body which, independent of the United
> Nations, is bound to it by an Agreement which
> must be concluded by the Court's Presiding
> Judge.
>
> This Agreement was approved by the Assembly of
> States Parties to the Statute of Rome in
> September 2002. This part also provides for the
> Court to be based at The Hague in the
> Netherlands, but that it can sit elsewhere if
> it
> considers this desirable.
>
> Part II of the Statute relates to the
> competence
> of the Court, which is restricted to the
> gravest
> crimes affecting the entire international
> community, in other words, genocide, crimes
> against humanity and war crimes. The Court is
> only competent in respect of crimes committed
> after its Statute came into effect, that is,
> 1st
> July 2002.
>
> Cases may be submitted to it either by the
> Security Council, or by a State Party, or by
> the
> ex-officio Prosecutor, acting on the basis of
> information received in particular from
> victims,
> NGOs or other sources it considers appropriate.
>
>
> When cases are submitted to the Court either by
> a
> State Party or by the Prosecutor acting in an
> ex-officio capacity, it may only exercise its
> competence when the State on whose territory
> the
> crimes took place or the State of which the
> person accused of the crime is a citizen have
> either ratified the Statute or accepted the
> Court's competence by means of a declaration
> filed with the Court Registrar.
>
> Without doubt, the most important principle of
> the Statute of Rome is that the Court
> complements
> national jurisdictions and that it may only
> exercise its jurisdiction if the States
> concerned
> are unable or unwilling to prosecute the
> perpetrators of crimes which fall within the
> competence of the Court.
>
> Part III concerns the general principles of
> criminal law and provides for the criminal
> responsibility of individuals, and the criminal
> responsibility of States or of legal entities
> (associations, companies) excluded from the
> Court's competence.
>
> It should also be clearly stated that the Court
> is only competent in regard to people aged over
> 18 at the time of the acts. The position of a
> Head of State or Head of Government or any
> other
> official position does not prevent the Court
> from
> exercising its competence in regard to that
> person.
>
> Statutory limitations do not apply to the
> crimes
> falling within the competence of the Court and
> the Statute lastly provides for the
> responsibility of military chiefs and civilian
> superiors in respect of crimes committed by
> their
> subordinates when, knowing about these crimes,
> they did not take the necessary measures to
> prevent them from being carried out or to quell
> them.
>
> Part IV concerns the composition and
> administration of the Court and provides for
> the
> Court to be comprised of 18 Judges, one
> Prosecutor and one Court Registrar. The Judges
> and Prosecutor are elected by the Assembly of
> States Parties, whereas the Court Registrar is
> elected by the Judges.
>
> The organs of the Court are the Presidency
> consisting of the President and the First and
> Second Vice-Presidents, the Appeals Court, the
> Trials Court and the Pre-Trial Chamber, the
> Prosecutor's Office and the Registry. The
> working
> languages of the Court are English and French.
> The official languages are English, Arabic,
> Chinese, Spanish, French and Russian.
>
> Part V concerns investigations and
> prosecutions,
> and provides for the opening of investigations
> to
> be the responsibility of the Prosecutor under
> the
> control of the Pre-Trial Chamber comprised of
> one
> or three judges, depending on the functions
> involved.
>
> The Prosecutor must conduct pre-trial hearings
> of
> witnesses for both the prosecution and the
> defence. The Pre-Trial Chamber alone is
> responsible for issuing arrest warrants and
> summonses to appear before the Court.
>
> The investigations and prosecutions phase ends
> with a confirmation hearing of the charges
> before
> the Pre-Trial Chamber, which must decide
> whether
> or not to confirm the charges and transfer the
> defendant to the Trial Court.
>
> Part VI concerns the trial, which is conducted
> before a Trial Court made up of three Judges.
> The
> trial may not take place in the absence of the
> accused, as proceedings in absentia are not
> viable before the International Criminal Court.
>
>
> The rights of the accused and the victims are
> read out in detail: the accused is, in
> particular, entitled to the free assistance of
> a
> defence lawyer if he is unable to pay for one
> and
> victims are entitled to make submissions and to
> be represented by counsel.
>
> The Victim and Witness Support Division is
> responsible, within the Registry, for providing
> support and assistance for the witnesses and
> victims who appear before the Court. The
> decision
> regarding guilt is taken by a majority of the
> judges.
>
> For the first time in the history of
> international criminal justice, the
> International
> Criminal Court has the authority to grant
> compensation to victims, which can include
> restitution, indemnification or rehabilitation.
>
> Part VII concerns the enforceable penalties. As
> the death penalty is excluded, life
> imprisonment
> is the highest penalty which may be handed
> down.
> The Court may add a fine to this prison
> sentence
> as well as the confiscation of profits,
> property
> or assets directly or indirectly gained from
> the
> crime committed.
>
> The Court may order that the proceeds from
> these
> fines and confiscations be paid into a Fund for
> the benefit of victims and their families which
> was created by the Assembly of States Parties
> in
> September 2002 as provided for in the Rome
> Statute.
>
> Part VIII concerns appeal and review. Appeals
> are
> brought before the Court of Appeal, consisting
> of
> five Judges.
>
> A person pronounced guilty may submit an appeal
> before the Court of Appeal to review a decision
> concerning a final sentence, particularly if a
> new fact comes to light. Finally, there is
> provision that the Court may compensate people
> arrested or sentenced and subsequently
> pronounced
> innocent.
>
> Part IX concerns international co-operation and
> legal assistance and provides that the States
> Parties must co-operate fully with the Court,
> especially with regard to handing over people
> prosecuted by the Tribunal or seeking items of
> evidence.
>
> In order to comply with this, in their national
> legislation the States Parties must provide for
> procedures enabling these forms of co-operation
> to be set up. The Court may also request the
> co-operation on an ad hoc basis of States which
> are not parties to the Statute, or the
> co-operation of inter-governmental
> organisations.
>
> Part X concerns execution of the penalties and
> confiscation measures and provides for the
> prison
> sentences to be carried out in a State
> appointed
> by the Court from the list of States that have
> stated they are willing to accept those who are
> convicted.
>
> The Court alone is empowered to decide to
> reduce
> a sentence and it must re-examine this sentence
> to determine whether there is reason to reduce
> it
> when the person has served two-thirds of his
> sentence or, in the case of life imprisonment,
> when that person has already served 25 years'
> imprisonment. The Court may not re-examine a
> sentence before these terms.
>
> Part XI concerns the Assembly of States
> Parties,
> which is composed of one representative per
> State
> Party. Each State Party has one vote. The other
> States which have either signed the Statute or
> signed the Final Act of the Rome Diplomatic
> Conference may sit on the Assembly as
> observers.
>
> This Assembly is responsible for electing the
> Judges and Prosecutor, adopting the Court's
> budget and of deciding, if necessary, to
> increase
> the number of Judges.
>
> The Assembly of States Parties also plays an
> important legislative role, since it is
> responsible for adopting the Court's rules of
> procedure and evidence as well as the Elements
> of
> Crimes. The Assembly meets at least once a
> year.
> The Assembly has its own Office, consisting of
> a
> President, two vice-presidents and 18 members.
>
> Part XII concerns financing and provides for
> the
> Court's costs to be funded by compulsory
> contributions by the States Parties and,
> subject
> to approval by the General Assembly, by
> financial
> resources provided by the United Nations,
> especially in regard to costs associated with
> the
> submission of a case to the Court by the
> Security
> Council.
>
> The contributions by the States Parties are
> calculated according to a scale of shares based
> on the United Nations' scale for its ordinary
> budget. The Court can also accept voluntary
> contributions from Governments, international
> organisations, private individuals, companies
> or
> other entities.
>
> Part XIII concerns the final clauses and
> provides
> that the General Secretary of the United
> Nations
> shall convene a conference to review the
> Statute
> seven years after it comes into force, that is,
> in 2009. The Court's Statute allows no
> reservations.
>
> Finally, article 126 provides for the Statute
> to
> come into force after the submission of sixty
> instruments of ratification. Accordingly, the
> Rome Statute came into force on 1st July 2002.
>
> On 25th February 2003, the Rome Statute of the
> International Criminal Court was ratified by 89
> States from all continents.
>
>
=====
***
Blazingstar is 'charity in action' pursuant to
Title 17 USC ¤107, at:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html _______
http://www.petitiononline.com/ICCbush/petition.html
-- Humanity vs. George W. Bush et al, War
Criminals
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