The Senate passed a resolution condemning the actions of the Libyan government (CQ, subscription required) tonight by unanimous consent -- i.e. no senators objected. Among other things, the bipartisan resolution welcomed "the unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council on resolution 1970 referring the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court."
Yes, hooray for prosecutions made possible by that oh-so-useful international court ... no thanks to us. The Senate seems to have conveniently forgotten that the international community created the ICC via the Rome Statue, which the U.S. never ratified. Moral of the story: international human rights prosecutions = good (when they're going after someone else).
Yes, hooray for prosecutions made possible by that oh-so-useful international court ... no thanks to us. The Senate seems to have conveniently forgotten that the international community created the ICC via the Rome Statue, which the U.S. never ratified. Moral of the story: international human rights prosecutions = good (when they're going after someone else).
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