Posted on 05/13/2008 2:29:21 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
THE Rudd Government is preparing a case to take Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the International Court of Justice for "inciting genocide" and denying the Jewish Holocaust.
Australia is the only nation pursuing Iran's despotic leader, who has threatened to "wipe Israel off the map", through international laws.
The Australian revealed last October that Kevin Rudd, then the Opposition leader, promised the Jewish community before last year's election he would take legal proceedings in the ICJ against Mr Ahmadinejad.
The Labor leader said it was "strongly arguable" that Mr Ahmadinejad's conduct - statements about wiping Israel off the map, questioning whether Zionists were human beings and a conference that he convened on the veracity of the Holocaust - amounted to incitement to genocide, which was criminalised under the 1948 genocide convention.
Attorney-General Robert McClelland, who pushed the campaign against Mr Ahmadinejad when he was Labor's foreign affairs spokesman, confirmed yesterday the Government was seeking legal advice on taking Mr Ahmadinejad to the ICJ. "The Government considers the comments made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad, calling for the destruction of Israel and questioning the existence of the Holocaust, to be repugnant and offensive," Mr McClelland told The Australian yesterday.
"The Government is currently taking advice on this matter."
Mr McClelland had argued that taking legal action was better than other alternatives.
"The alternative to not using these international legal mechanisms is considering wholesale invasion of countries, which itself involves, obviously, expense but more relevantly, ofcourse, the potential for significant loss of life," Mr McClelland said.
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quaking in his size four converse high tops.
Do these preachy leaders have a backup plan in case lawsuits don’t work?
And what court can tell an elected head of government that he cannot say certain things?
Aussies elected these guys?
Screw Ahmanutjob and screw the ICJ. Just send him straight to the international court of cruise missle up the arse.
Aussies elected these guys?
Democracy in action. Rudd is a total socialist, and the young “voters” of Australia bought all the socialist lies that they are now going to be rich because they’ll tax the rich and redistribute their wealth to everyone. They have no idea what the consequences will be, but they’ll soon find out.
Hank
He’s doing more than we have thus far.
Lucky Number 10,000:
Ten Thousand Human Shields Pledge to Protect Iran
DBKP | May 11, 2008 | Ginn
Posted on 05/11/2008 8:43:59 PM PDT by mondoreb
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Oil Could Soon Hit $200 a Barrel:
Iranian Oil Minister (We need S.2958 passed!)
tehran times | May 10, 2008 | staff
Posted on 05/10/2008 2:32:15 PM PDT by kellynla
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014198/posts
U.S. doesn’t need Council’s advice on Iran
Chicago Sun-Times | May 13, 2008 | Steve Huntley
Posted on 05/13/2008 4:40:57 AM PDT by KeyLargo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015165/posts
Why Six Powers Can’t Stop Iran
New York Post | May 12, 2008 | Amir Taheri
Posted on 05/12/2008 6:08:20 AM PDT by moderatewolverine
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014744/posts
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