21st Century War Crimes Panel | Oxford Union

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Established in 1998, the International Criminal Court (ICC) was mandated to investigate and try individuals and communities accused of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression. Governed by the Rome Statute, the ICC is the world’s first permanent international criminal court. While the Court has indicted several world leaders such as Omar al Bashir and Colonel Gaddafi, it is criticised for turning blind eye to perpetrators in other regions and for being a political instrument of the West. The Court has faced serious legitimacy issues for closing the investigation into alleged NATO war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and for not investigating the treatment of the Uygher Muslims in China. Recently, several nations have referred the acts of Russian leaders over the invasion of Ukraine to the ICC. As conflict proliferates across the globe the ICC is more relevant than ever, but does it have the strength to do its job? Or has it lost its purpose?

Speakers:

Kenneth Roth (Human Rights Watch Director)
Salih Hudayar (Prime Minister of East Turkistan Gove)
Hamid Sabi (Counsel at Uyghur Tribunal)

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[HerbertTowers]

What credentials do these folk have? Lots of hearsay and opinions.

[alitheia]

What about war criminals that destroyed Iraq on the false charge of having "weapons of mass destruction"?

[keithwilliams]

This is a joke. They need Medhi Hassan

[changeyourmood]

The first 12 minutes passed like a second. Bravo !!

[ishrendon]

16:25 he lost me when he said iran lost the war lmao it was a stalemate iraq didnt achieve any of its goals neither did iran. Its a stalemate just like korean war.

[jonathanjollimore]

I wrote that stuff when I was 15 16 smart people

[SylviaEBerjasMoralesNov]

When are you going to go after US and even Australia?

[safyafarooq]

What I don't understand is, why countries don't give concrete help. If you see that talking, pressurizing, condemning is not helping, why do you not take those persecuted minorities in to your countries. Help them to leave those dangerous places and take them in.
And if China see a threat in the Uygurs, they should simply kick them out. It would be more humain and they would not be so much criticized. They should let them just go. To other Muslim countries or else where.

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[SylviaEBerjasMoralesNov]

To start with, these 4 are terrible speakers