Re: Humanity vs. War Criminals
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Posted by angel of justice on February 17, 2004 at 15:14:31:
In Reply to: Humanity vs. War Criminals posted by Blazingstar on February 17, 2004 at 09:09:58:
where were you bleeding hearts when clinton bombed a medicine factory in sudan claiming it was a terror center? so disgustingly obvious to divert attenetion from monica lewinsky. where was your call for his war crimes trial? (you'd get some respect if you weren't so one sided)
:
: "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
: > contact that office directly: E-mail:
: > otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int
: >
: > 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
: > extérieures
: > Division of Communication and External
: > Relations
: > Cour pénale internationale
: > International Criminal Court
: > T: + 31 70 515 8 515
: > F: + 31 70 515 8 555
: > I: www.icc-cpi.int
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Blazingstar
: > [mailto:changingworks@yahoo.com]
: > Sent: 14 February 2004 23:18
: > To: homelessworld@yahoogroups.com; Public
: > Information Office; news@worldnetdaily.com;
: > letters@amconmag.com;
: > author@nationalreview.com; tom@anncoulter.org;
: > thesage@larryelder.com;
: > arianna@ariannaonline.com; rush@eibnet.com;
: > safire@nytimes.com; Phyllis@eagleforum.org;
: > rfolkers@usnews.com; press@slate.com;
: > gary.thompson@news-of-the-world.co.uk;
: > meqmef@aol.com; drudge@drudgereport.com
: > Cc: colorings@yahoogroups.com;
: > internet-mecha@yahoogroups.com
: > 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 : _______ :
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