By Pearson Mbendera.
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News Of The South) -What does the Russian withdrawal of its membership from the International Criminal Court after the court published a report classifying the Russian annexation of Crimea as an occupation say about the ICC? With some African countries like South Africa and Burundi having withdrawn already, the withdrawal of Russia, a powerful nations changes things, basically the way people see the court and its mandate.
Formed to complement existing national judicial systems in promoting a global legal order by prosecuting individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, the ICC seems to be missing the mark and being an ineffective and rather useless international organisation in existence.
But with only Africans making the list of those indicted by the ICC, it seems as if the court was just established to safeguard the interest of the powerful countries. But the case against Russia changes things, but then again, Russia has fallen out of love with countries like the United States, whose leaders like George bush should have been brought before the ICC for their war crimes on Iraq and other countries they invaded.
But that’s the problem these organizations were simply created to manipulate world politics, and to ensure that the dominance of countries like the USA is maintained by bringing down anyone who is seen as a threat, regardless of whether it is the right thing or not.
Having the court sound like a good idea. Honestly, it would have been better having the Saddam Hussein being taken peacefully and tried in the courts, unlike with invasion that resulted in the shedding the blood of the people who were suffering under the rule of vicious leaders. But that’s not the case, it always ends up badly for the little guy, the war crimes almost always results in other wars that kill the very same people that are supposed to be protected.
But in this game, it is the public, the pawns that suffers. No one gets to the king without going through the pawns first. But where is the justice for the little guy?
And that’s what the ICC has failed to do, and with their bias on Africans, they hunting for justice looked more like a vendetta against the Africans than anything else. And who could blame he African countries that decided to withdraw from such an organisation.
I have gone against a lot of African leaders, but I’m with them on this one, the ICC is a shame, there is no glory in being part of such an organisation, it doesn’t stand for peace, it doesn’t even know what that means. There isn’t any humanity in that court.
True, the problems of this world needs to be addressed, but not this way, and definitely not by the ICC, not when they have a serious lean towards the western persuasion.
We have created a lot of problems in the guise of bringing solutions, the invasion of Iraq and the assassination of Gaddafi are just some of the prime examples, of how countries gets torn apart while trying to instill peace in them.
And today, Iraq is still plagued by the war, with many dying. But they didn’t find the weapons of mass destructions that Bush said were in Iraq, and by the time Saddam was caught, more people had been killed in the war than the people Saddam was accused of killing in genocide.
Where is their justice for those people? Isn’t that what the ICC is supposed to be about? Wasn’t that a war crime?
Bringing peace to this world is an endeavour that comes at high a price. But as long as the world can refrain from creating another world war, a few people can have a feeling of what peace is, another world war will damn the entire world. The two that we have had were bad enough. But as long as the true war criminals like George Bush are free, the world will always be threatened by the possibility of war.
Humans will never live together in harmony and peace, that’s just the truth. Maybe the peaceful are those who were slain during the wars, for they suffer no more. Maybe that was their justice, they were fred from the pains of this world, inflicted to the innocent, by those who claim to be champions of peace.
Comments
About Author
