....This is why the United States would never subject her own citizens to this court [ICTY and ICC] because it would be impossible to get a fair hearing....
Actually the ICTY (and the ICC) violate nearly EVERY priniciple of Anglo-American jurisprudence, which our forefathers fought for in our Revolutionary War! The “courts’” procedures were largely designed by the muslim fifth columnist Cherif Bassiouni, who prefers sharia over Anglo-Saxon law.
Tne why is the US exporting muslim fifth-columnist injustice rather than standing up for our long-proven system of justice? This is sure to turn around and bite us Americans back in the end, perhap via the establishment of Canadian-style “human rightser” “courts”.
http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/dec17-07_chrt_a_kangaroo_court.html
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In democratic nation-states, the criminal justice system is embedded within the other structures of statehood, especially the legislature. Rules of procedure in British courts are rightly a matter for solemn debate in Parliament. Not so the existing international tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, which are subject to control by no parliament or electorate.
Anonymous witnesses, which the House of Lords has just ruled illegal for murder cases in Britain, are the norm at the Yugoslav tribunal, where no fewer than 40 per cent of prosecution witnesses give their evidence with their identity hidden. Such anonymous denunciation reminds one of the worst excesses of totalitarianism; it fatally undermines the right of defendants to cross-examine their accusers
A culture of secrecy pervades these tribunals so that it is quite common for hearings to be conducted wholly or partly in secret, the transcripts hidden from the public for an indefinite period of time. Hearsay evidence is admitted, so that a defendant can be convicted on the basis of second or third-hand allegations which cannot be tested in court
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International tribunals use a theory of liability which is vague and dangerous. Defendants can be and have been convicted for war crimes they did not commit, did not order, did not know about at the time, and did not even intend. So-called "joint criminal enterprise" is a sort of conspiracy theory gone mad
Power wielded without responsibility is incompatible with democracy and the basic principles of justice, especially equity...
International tribunals are but the judicial wing of the new neo-colonialist Western policy of military interventionism in the internal affairs of other states: their power is dangerous and should be curtailed.