[LINK] OT: bin Laden is dead

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Darrell Burkey
<darrell.burkey at anu.edu.au> wrote:
>> law, and subject to prosecution in the International Criminal Court".
>
> Certainly looks that way. So, how do they get away with it?

Simple: the US does not recognize jurisdiction of the ICC.
The ICC, and the whole idea of "international criminal court" is the
nightmare of people who have nightmare of black U.N. helicopters
violating US sovereignty.

In fact, the US government requires countries that do joint military
exercises with US troops to exccempt them from local prosecution and
ICC jurisdiction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court

"As of April 2011, 114 states are members of the court and 139
countries have signed but not ratified the Rome Statute.[2] Other
countries that have not signed or ratified the Rome Statute include
India, Indonesia, and China.[2] On May 6, 2002, the United States, in
a position shared only with Israel and Sudan, signed the Rome Statute
but formally withdrew its intent of ratification.[2]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court#American_Service_Members_Protection_Act

"In 2002, the U.S. Congress passed the American Servicemembers'
Protection Act (ASPA), which contained a number of provisions,
including prohibitions on the United States providing military aid to
countries which had ratified the treaty establishing the court"

"In addition, ASPA contained provisions prohibiting U.S. co-operation
with the Court, and permitting the President to authorize military
force to free any U.S. military personnel held by the court,[25]
leading opponents to dub it "The Hague Invasion Act." The act was
later modified to permit U.S. cooperation with the ICC when dealing
with U.S. enemies. It has been argued that the act was a measure
created to protect Americans from ICC jurisdiction or prosecution"

FC