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  • Belgium opens way for Sharon trial (Eurolosers alert)

    01/15/2003 3:33:29 PM PST · by knighthawk · 4 replies · 185+ views
    BBC News ^ | January 15 2003
    Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt says he supports a change to the country's law on human rights, to allow the prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for alleged war crimes. Mr Verhofstadt said on Tuesday he did not object to parliament broadening the scope of the law so that a war crime could be prosecuted "no matter where the person accused of the crime is located," Belgian media said. The country's 1993 "universal competence" law allows Belgian courts to try cases of alleged human rights abuses committed anywhere in the would. But last June, a Belgian appeals court ruled...
  • Focus-Low ebb for U.S.-European ties (Eurinal alert)

    07/07/2002 8:11:04 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 6 replies · 217+ views
    Swiss Info ^ | July 07 2002 | Paul Taylor
    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Relations between the United States and Europe have sunk to their lowest ebb since President George W. Bush took office, with sharp differences over a new U.N. war crimes court, the Middle East and trade. In European eyes, transatlantic tensions have worsened because "unilateralist" hawks have gained ascendancy in the U.S. administration, seeking to tear up the international rule-book and sidelining moderates more in tune with European views. In many American eyes, the Europeans appear wimpish in the "war against terrorism", seek to tie Washington's hands and are complacent about threats from so-called "rogue states" suspected of...