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Have a peaceful cultural summer
by Oui (Oui) on Mon Apr 1st, 2024 at 08:42:26 AM EST
Justice of the Wild West Made In USA (none / 0)
Pushing the envelop ... "because of International Law" applied outside Borrell's Garden of course.

The United States, Israel and Russia all failed to ratify the Rome Statute. Both the US and Israel have threatened prosecutors and envoys to the ICC in The Hague.

Have a peaceful cultural summer

by Oui (Oui) on Tue Apr 2nd, 2024 at 09:53:06 AM EST
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Special tribunals always carry a specific name to honor the initiators: "The Rutte - Von der Leyen Tribunal on Ukraine"

The Netherlands, Ukraine, and the European Commission will co-host the international conference 'Restoring Justice for Ukraine' in The Hague.



Have a peaceful cultural summer
by Oui (Oui) on Tue Apr 2nd, 2024 at 10:23:51 AM EST
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Conference On Alleged Russian War Crimes In Ukraine Opens In The Hague

Western officials will gather in The Hague on April 2 to discuss efforts to prosecute alleged Russian war crimes committed by its forces during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The international conference, Restoring Justice for Ukraine, is being organized by The Netherlands, Ukraine, and the European Commission, the top executive body of the EU.

Foreign and justice ministers, along with officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the EU judicial authority Eurojust are expected to discuss the fight against impunity as well as compensation for victims.

A bit lopsided, isn't it? What happened with decades of war crimes by Western partners and today specifically Israel and the Gaza massacre of civilians, documented for the world to see. War crimes from the year 2014 - critical year for Ukraine and Syria too - yet to see bold action from the US and NATO partners. Triple Hypocrisy history will not forgive, nor forget.

Have a peaceful cultural summer

by Oui (Oui) on Tue Apr 2nd, 2024 at 10:29:57 AM EST
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Iraqi Survivors of Abu Ghraib "Enhanced Interrogation" to Get Day in Court

On June 30th, 2008, four years after images of torture at Abu Ghraib [te]rrified people all over the world, a group of victims filed suit against CACI, the Virginia-based private security company [PMC] hired by the U.S. government to conduct interrogations at the prison. On April 15, 2024 after nearly sixteen years and twenty plus dismissal attempts by CACI, the case will go to trial.

The only case of its kind still alive, Al Shimari v. CACI is an exceedingly rare opportunity for ["]accountability["] for the egregious harms suffered by Iraqis after the U.S. invasion in 2003. In fact, this is the first lawsuit where victims of U.S. post-9/11 Operations Iraqi Freedom, Mass Appeal, Desert Fox, Desert Badger, Desert Storm, Viking Hammer, Southern Focus, and Enduring Freedom torture will get their day in court. The trial will be in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.

As it happens, the trial—projected to last two weeks —will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Abu Ghraib ["]scandal["] and the world learned the horrifying treatment Iraqi detainees were subjected to in the U.S.-run detention center. The plaintiffs—Suhail Najim Abdullah Al Shimari, Asa'ad Hamza Hanfoosh Zuba'e, and Salah Hasan Nusaif Al-Ejaili—endured the infamous tactics sexual violence and their aftermath.
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by Cat on Sat Apr 13th, 2024 at 08:05:56 PM EST
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April 2024 World POWs ELECTION 2024 (none / 0)
Hankyoreh | Koreans resoundingly rebuke president in mid-term legislative elections, 11 Apr
The Democratic Party and other opposition parties prevailed, crushing Yoon's conservative People Power Party (PPP). With the opposition retaining a firm grip on the National Assembly, Yoon is likely to lose a lot of steam for governance in the second half of his presidency....That gives the Democratic Party and its satellite party a combined total of 175 seats, and the PPP and its satellite party 108 seats. The minor Green Justice Party won no seats at all.
17 Apr recap: "the worst showing of any ruling party since the country enacted its constitution in 1948"
Lawmakers at the national level serve four-year terms in Korea, meaning the 22nd National Assembly will be in place until Yoon leaves office.
ChatGPT | South Korea Has a Warning About Donald Trump's Trial, 17 Apr
"left-leaning" Quincy Institute simile suicide interview
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KIM: Park Geun-hye's impeachment and conviction was seen as a democratic win at the time—but now it seems like we're stuck in a loop of non-stop prosecution of the opposition party. What have the political implications been like since her sentencing?PARK: What happened afterward is pretty unique and pretty wild. What it did was it
< wipes tears > legalized politics. Not legalized as in going from illegal to legal, but legalized as in politics became sort of < wipes tears > lawfare. It became more about, Did you break the law? Did you not? Can you prove this in court? Can you not?
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And the people who are the most powerful in this lawfare are the prosecutors legislators. What ended up happening is that the Prosecutor General—Yoon Suk Yeol—the most powerful prosecutor of them all, became the president on the strength of that. He became a political star first by prosecuting Park Geun-hye.
archive an appropriate punishment (07.04.18)
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On a very ground level, I have been feeling—just because I do a lot of work and business in Korea—you can sense it from government officials [politicians?]that they're freaking terrified to do anything outside of the manual [law?], and everything they do is extremely defensive. Korean government used to be a very, very efficient thing [eNTitY ?!] relative to other governments.
4 yrs ago,  4 yrs ago, 8 yrs ago, 10 yrs ago, 12 yrs ago, 14 yrs ago, etc
Now it's still more efficient than other governments, but you can feel that the gears are slowing down a little and a lot of it is the fact that even minor officials are completely terrified of doing something that is outside of the manual and potentially prosecuted for some reason or another.
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The other thing that happened is that Yoon Suk Yeol is also afraid of the same thing happening to him.
After judgment day from voters, Yoon shrugs off calls for change (17.04.24)
So the other side of the coin is that you end up having an administration that never compromises and never admits any fault. And I think you really see that in the aftermath of the Itaweon disasters, which was this really unbelievably awful thing. And what happens is nobody apologizes, nobody resigns.
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Yonhap | Presidential office denies Moon aides under consideration for PM, 17 Apr
Park [Young-sun] served as minister under the former liberal president, while Yang [Jung-chul] is known as one of Moon's closest confidants.

The reports come as Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, presidential chief of staff Lee Kwan-sup and most senior presidential secretaries have submitted their resignations to take responsibility for the ruling party's crushing defeat in last week's parliamentary elections...

by Cat on Wed Apr 17th, 2024 at 12:58:03 PM EST
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April 2024 World POWs ELECTION 2024 (none / 0)
F24 | India's mammoth election data points
April 19: Voting begins

April 26: Phase Two

May 7: Phase Three

May 13: Phase Four

May 20: Phase Five

May 25: Phase Six

June 1: Phase Seven

June 4: Votes counted nationwide, results announced

reuters | India's Lok Sabha election 2024: the main political parties and candidates
archive INDIA CAMPAIGN 2019, V-Day
by Cat on Wed Apr 17th, 2024 at 06:45:32 PM EST
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MODI Third Term Watch (none / 0)
How many days between June 4 election result and G7 declaring the results a SHAM?
by Cat on Fri Apr 19th, 2024 at 03:04:18 PM EST
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ChatGPT | Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power, 19 Apr
...Modi became increasingly authoritarian, [Modi expert Christophe] Jaffrelot described, consolidating power over police and courts and bypassing the media to connect directly with voters......
by Cat on Fri Apr 19th, 2024 at 03:33:26 PM EST
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"high-level" schedule conflict
4 June India election results
10 June Ukraine Peace Formula Summit
13-15 June G7 Summit
Why is the West desperate to have India at a Ukraine summit that Russia has rejected?, 23 Apr draft RSVP regrets
The organizers of the Swiss-based [global National Security Advisors' Meeting] want New Delhi to be represented at the highest level to corner Moscow....
non-starter v.
The West is finding it difficult to remove itself from the coils of a policy in which it is trapped. Ukraine is being treated as the last frontier of Europe facing a 'non-European' Russia....
"isolation"
Switzerland and Ukraine are active in gathering support for the proposed peace conference, especially from Global South countries. Four closed-door meetings to prepare for this conference have already been held, but without Russia's participation....
G7 preferred plenipotentiary
To promote the peace summit, both the Swiss and Ukrainian foreign ministers have visited India to press for its participation in the belief that this will encourage other Global South countries to attend. As for the agenda, India is told that it can pick up those points in Zelensk*'s ten-point [world "investment"] proposal to which it has no objections, and that could be the basis of its participation....
apologies
At best, [Modi] could attend the G7 summit for a day and hurry back home. In any case, due to the manner in which the so-called peace summit is being organized, and considering reports of an increasing number of Western military personnel being sent to Ukraine in 'non-combat' positions, along with more arms supplies, India may not deem it appropriate for Modi to be present, and could instead decide—rightly so—on representation at a lower political level.
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archive secret meeting, greetings, THIRD PEACE FORMULA SUMMIT, Sullivan's baby
by Cat on Wed Apr 24th, 2024 at 02:31:22 PM EST
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ChatGPT reuters | US ties renewal of easing of Venezuela oil sanctions to progress on elections, 17 Apr
...The U.S. has been concerned about Venezuela's electoral process and what it sees as Maduro's failure to meet his main promises for the July 28 presidential elections.

"Absent progress by Maduro and his representatives in terms of implementing the road map's provisions, the United States will not renew the license when it expires on April 18, 2024," the spokesperson said....

telesur | Venezuela National Popular Consultation, 21 Apr videos
...Carried out through over 15,000 voting centers, this democratic process allowed residents to decide on 4,500 development projects that the Venezuelan government will finance and the communities will execute...
ChatGPT reuters | Venezuela to accelerate cryptocurrency as oil sanctions return, 22 Apr
by Cat on Mon Apr 22nd, 2024 at 09:29:31 PM EST
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news from a future GE—no later than 23 Nov 2025

channelnewsasia | Lawrence Wong to take over as Singapore Prime Minister from Lee Hsien Loong on May 15 (15.04.24)
In a Facebook post, Mr Lee noted that a leadership transition is a significant moment in any country. "Lawrence and the 4G team have worked hard to gain the people's trust, notably during the pandemic," he wrote.

"Through the Forward Singapore exercise [June 2022], they have worked with many Singaporeans to refresh our social compact and develop the national agenda for a new generation."

....Individual responsibility should go hand in hand with "a greater sense of collective responsibility"—from providing more support for families and seniors to helping Singaporeans bounce back from setbacks with a better social support system. "Ultimately, we aim to build a stronger sense of solidarity and identity as Singaporeans....
Mr Lee asked Singaporeans to give Mr Wong and his team their full support.
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Mr Wong, 51, was named two years ago as the leader of the ruling People's Action Party's (PAP) fourth-generation (4G) team, effectively putting him in line to become the next Prime Minister. This was after Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who had previously been named as 4G leader, stepped aside in April 2021, citing his age and the lack of a proper "runway" for the top job. Mr Heng is 63 this year. Mr Lee, 72, had previously indicated his intention to step down before his 70th birthday in February 2022, but that plan was scuppered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
FT | Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to step down after 20 years, 15 Apr
"The succession marks an important moment in Singapore's modern history, as just the third time the leadership baton has been passed since independence in 1965."

archive Li Keqiang question (68), Hu Jintao (80), translations, Eric Li

by Cat on Thu Apr 25th, 2024 at 05:33:47 PM EST
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DPA |SINGAPORE'S EXISTENTIAL THREATS that the NEW Prime Minister, Lawrence WONG is inheriting from PM Lee, 17 Apr A/V 00:15:41
...The first thing he needs to prioritize under his leadership, the first thing, the number one thing, is diplomacy. There's some major issue with our management of geopolitics. Over the ten past years we have basically offended China, we have unilaterlly, in a way among the sotheast Asian states, decided to sanction Russia ...and the geopolitics has been changing to Russia's advantage ... So now Singapore has wasted huge opportunities to take advantage of the conflict in Ukraine, to go deep into investment in Russia..
economist | Lawrence Wong will be only the fourth PM in Singapore's history, 18 Apr
...Indeed many younger Singaporeans, less respectful of hierarchy, want more fairness in terms of who shares in growth: they think that a country sitting on such gargantuan financial reserves should more generously support welfare. They also want politics to be more participatory rather than heavily directed from the top. At stake for Mr Wong, when he goes to the country, is not his (and the 4G's) formal mandate but rather < wipes tears > moral legitimacy....
archive WORLD POWs perfidious albatross

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ASEAN (1967 FTA): BN, KH, ID, LA, MY, MM, PH, SG, TH, VN, TL
APEC (1989 FTA): CN, CN-hk, CN-tw, RU, ID, SG, VN, TH, PH, MX, PE, CL, BN, PG, MY, KR; US, AU, JP, NZ, CA
CP-TPP (2018 FTA): AU, BN, CA, CL (2022), JP, MY (2022), MX, NZ, PE (2021), SG, VN, UK (2023), CN*, CN-tw*, EC*, UY*, TH*, CR*, PH*, KR*

by Cat on Thu Apr 25th, 2024 at 06:18:16 PM EST
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April 2024 World POWs "legitimacy" (none / 0)
F24 | Burkina Faso expels three French diplomats accused of 'subversive activities', 18 Apr guest workers
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"There were no legitimate grounds for the Burkinabe authorities' decision. We can only deplore it," French foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said

On December 1, four French officials were arrested, charged and imprisoned in Ouagadougou, according to a French source.

The Burkinabe authorities said they were intelligence agents but the French source said they were < wipes tears > IT support staff. The four are now under house arrest, according to Burkina security sources.
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by Cat on Fri Apr 19th, 2024 at 03:09:20 PM EST
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auswaertiges-amt.de | G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting Communiqué (Capri, April 19, 2024) - Addressing Global Challenges, Fostering Partnerships
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II. FOSTERING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN AND AFRICA
We will continue to deepen the partnership with African countries and regional organizations, including the African union (AU). We welcome the AU participation in the G20 as a permanent member and reiterate our support for the G20 Compact with Africa. The G7-Africa partnership is guided by the objectives of the AU Agenda 2063, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Paris Agreement.

The consequences of the Russian aggression and its weaponization of food supplies and energy resources have affected notably many vulnerable countries, particularly in Africa. In this perspective, Russia's war is proving not just a war against Ukraine but against the world's poorest and most vulnerable.
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We are concerned about the activities of the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group and other emerging Russia-backed forces, which are producing a destabilizing impact, notably in North Africa, Central Africa, and the Sahel. We call for accountability of all those responsible for human rights abuses.

  1. Libya ...
  2. Sahel ...
  3. Horn of Africa ...
  4. Somalia ...
  5. Ethiopia ...
  6. Sudan ...
  7. Democratic Republic of the Congo
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archive Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want
by Cat on Fri Apr 19th, 2024 at 04:30:24 PM EST
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French Colonialism: Ship Sailed A Long Time Ago (none / 1)
The Sino-French War of 1884 and the collapse of Western colonialism

Not only in the South Pacific - but recently in colonial Africa too ... laid waste.

French nuclear tests in the Pacific: the hidden fallout that hit Tahiti

Have a peaceful cultural summer

by Oui (Oui) on Fri Apr 19th, 2024 at 07:40:05 PM EST
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premature collapse of ... (none / 0)
"spheres of influence"
by Cat on Sat Apr 20th, 2024 at 12:12:55 AM EST
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euronews | US Amb. Gordon Gray (ret'd.): Tunisia can still be a catalyst for global democratic reform , 9 Apr "Arab Spring" reverie
...Democracy in Tunisia though has been in decline under President Kais Saied. His de facto dissolution of parliament in July 2021, abandonment of the constitution, and targeting of opposition leaders, media, and activists are clear signs that Tunisia is no longer a democracy.

However, as Tunisia goes for elections this year, the Biden administration should clearly express—in both its public statements and its private diplomatic exchanges—the expectation that the 2024 Tunisian presidential ballot will be conducted as transparently as it was in 2019 and 2014....

Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) splinters, excluding Morocco, Mauritania, and CSIS

googlish: At the invitation of the President of the Republic #Kais_Saeed, His Excellency President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, and His Excellency President Mohamed Younes Menfi, President of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya will visit Tunisia to participate in the first consultative meeting between the leaders of the three sister countries. #TnPR

thenationalnews | Tunisia, Algeria and Libya hold talks in Tunis, 22 Apr frayed ties

by Cat on Mon Apr 22nd, 2024 at 08:54:09 PM EST
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telesur | Argentines March Against Milei's Budget Cuts to Universities (24.04.24)
Ongoing budget cuts affect 57 university institutions, over 250,000 teachers and administrative staff, and involve 2.5 million students. As a result of an economic crisis being exacerbated by unstoppable inflation, the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) recently declared a "budgetary emergency" and warned that it can only function for a few months.
mercopress | Argentina applies for NATO global partnership, 18 Apr
...Thus, Argentina would "join a group of countries already accessing the benefits of participating in this world alliance, such as Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, etc."

In January 1998, the United States named Argentina a major extra-NATO ally to secure military and economic cooperation privileges between the two countries. NATO's only Latin American "global partner" is Colombia, admitted in 2017. Other such allies are Australia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, and Pakistan....

nato.int | Argentina takes first step toward NATO partnership, 18 Apr
archive February 2024 Argentina Econ & Fin, inauguration 2023

reference a/o 24 Apr
blue dollar (USD:ARSB 1:1025 or 1030
casa rosa dollar USD:ARS, 1:872.75

by Cat on Wed Apr 24th, 2024 at 03:51:15 PM EST
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Bidenecómicas! Javier Milei Fuels Wild Rally That Makes Peso No. 1 in World
...The peso has, in fact, not only stopped PLUNGING day after day but in one key foreign-exchange market—there are many of them here, a byproduct of the country's web of byzantine rules—it's actually rallying sharply. The [blue dollar, "parallel"] peso has SOARED 25% against the dollar over the past three months in the market, known as the blue-chip swap, that is used by many investors and companies. That's more than the gains posted by any of the 148 currencies that Bloomberg tracks against the dollar.

It's a SHOCKING statistic in a country where the currency is seemingly in a never-ending state of freefall. (The smallest annual decline in the past decade was 15%.) And it underscores the lengths that Milei has gone to to rein in bloated government spending, choke off demand for everything in the economy, including [blue y rosa] dollars, and tame *flation that's skyrocketed to an annual pace of almost 300%....

reuters | Argentina's government (and a bot) say inflation [rate] is easing. Shoppers aren't so sure, 12 Apr illustrated
archive three worst emerging-market performers Aug 2023
by Cat on Sun Apr 28th, 2024 at 02:04:34 PM EST
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FT | Ariel Henry resigns as Haiti's PM as transitional council takes power, 25 Apr
Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24, and released on Thursday by his office on the same day a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was due to be sworn in.
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The nine-member council, of which seven have voting powers, is also expected to help set the agenda of a new Cabinet. It will also appoint a provisional electoral commission, a requirement before elections can take place, and establish a national security council. The council's non-renewable mandate expires Feb. 7, 2026, at which date a new president is scheduled to be sworn in.
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by Cat on Fri Apr 26th, 2024 at 12:35:08 AM EST
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icj | The Court to deliver its Order on Tuesday 30 April 2024, 26 Apr Nicaragua v. Germany
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It is recalled that, on 1 March 2024, Nicaragua filed an Application instituting proceedings against Germany concerning alleged violations by Germany of its obligations deriving from the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, "intransgressible principles of international humanitarian law" and other norms of general international law in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the Gaza Strip (see press release 2024/19). The Application also contained a Request for the indication of provisional measures. Public hearings on the request were held on 8 and 9 April 2024 (see press release 2024/28 for the requests made by the Parties)
palestinechronicle | 'Immediate Measures' - Israeli Officials Attempt to Counter Possible ICC Arrest Warrants, 25 Apr
...The NSC-approved measures included phone calls between Netanyahu and his international counterparts, putting pressure on the US administration and involving the Israeli Ambassador to Washington, Michael Herzog, in these efforts....
archive auswaertiges-amt.de in ICC Arrest Warrants Israeli Leaders Expected, sonstige Rüstungsgüter in Gaza Genocide Breeds Losers Only
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icj, VERBATIM RECORD | UN WebTV, 8 Apr 2024
icj, VERBATIM RECORD | UN WebTV, 9 April 2024

comment: The ICJ has moved quickly to schedule hearings of South Africa and Nicaragua—contentious cases between states. Having delved into both tribunal's public documentation on jurisdiction, my understanding is that ICJ advisory opinions (findings of law) necessarily precede ICC trial (findings of fact). I'd like to believe that, although ICJ has not issued a final judgment of either case, the ICC prosecutor possesses advance notice of the court's opinion in the first instance, South Africa; hence, premature agitation for and against ICC arrest of Israeli authorities. I'm inclined to expect ICJ judgment by calendar year end, on or about 5 November would be ideal so that trial drags either POTUS-elect through the bowels of hell for FOUR MORE YEARS.

by Cat on Sat Apr 27th, 2024 at 04:53:34 PM EST
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ICJ | Unanimous Order of 30 April 2024, measuring (b), (c), (e)
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16. The Court notes that Germany, as it has stated, is bound by the Arms Trade Treaty of 2 April 2013 and by the European Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 (as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1560, published on 17 September 2019), which defines common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment.
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17. The Court further notes that, as Germany has also stated [...] only four licences for "war weapons" have been granted.
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18. The Court in addition notes that, as stated by Germany, there has been a significant decrease since November 2023 in the value of material for which the licences were granted ...
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23. The Court recalls that, pursuant to common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions, all States parties are under an obligation "to respect and to ensure respect" for the Conventions "in all circumstances". It follows from that provision that every State party to these Conventions, "whether or not it is a party to a specific conflict, is under an obligation to ensure that the requirements of the instruments in question are complied with" [Advisory Opinion 2004]. Such an obligation "does not derive only from the Conventions themselves, but from the general principles of humanitarian law to which the Conventions merely give specific expression" [Advisory Opinion 1986]. With regard to the Genocide Convention, the Court has had the opportunity to observe that the obligation to prevent the commission of the crime of genocide, pursuant to Article I, requires States parties that are aware, or that should normally have been aware, of the serious risk that acts of genocide would have been committed, to employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent genocide so far as possible (Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide [Advisory Opinion 2007]. Further, States parties are bound by the Genocide Convention not to commit any other acts enumerated in Article III (ibid.[2007], p. 114, para. 168).
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.
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25. The Court reaffirms that the decision given in the  present proceedings in no way prejudges the question of the jurisdiction of the Court to deal with the merits of the case or any questions relating to the admissibility of the Application or to the merits themselves. It leaves unaffected the right of the Governments of Nicaragua and Germany to submit arguments in respect of those questions.
archive ICJ Notice Obligations Arms Ban to Armed. Conflict in Is the ICC Anti-Semitic
by Cat on Wed May 1st, 2024 at 04:51:53 PM EST
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news.az | New shock for France in Africa, 26 Apr
The decision to review defense agreements and possibly close the French military base, Camp de Gaulle, in Libreville, has been a turning point in relations between France and Gabon. Information from the radio station RFI indicates that such proposals were discussed as part of a National Dialogue concluding in Gabon on April 30. Currently, this base serves as home to 380 French military personnel and plays a significant role in "securing the region." However, the potential closure of the French military base in Gabon is not the only aspect of the National Dialogue.
Gabon's National Dialogue: Final Reports Presented to All Participants (27.04.24)
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The outlined review of defense agreements and the potential closure of the French military base in Gabon reflect deep changes in the geopolitical dynamics of the region. These changes indicate Gabon's search for new strategies and partnerships in the modern world, as well as its aspirations for greater autonomy in making decisions about its future.
rfi | Chad is 'not a slave who wants to change masters', says president, 20 Apr interview
RFI/France 24: Chad's presidential election is scheduled for 6 May and some observers say the outcome is already a foregone conclusion. Members of the opposition are calling it a sham, claiming that you control all the electoral institutions. Will Chad hold a real election?
Mahamat Idriss Deby: We've come a long way with the whole political class and also a large part of the ex-politico-military [former rebels]. And all the institutions created by the new constitution are independent.

The most important is the Agence nationale de gestion des élections, ANGE... Today, ANGE is independent. So I think that those who say that this is a sham or that the election has already been decided, well, I understand: that's what politics is all about, it's fair game. But I have confidence in the election agency, which will play its role fully and independently.
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by Cat on Sun Apr 28th, 2024 at 09:56:23 PM EST
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