LUBANGA DYILO - ICC'S FIRST TRIAL 2009
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Rebel chiefs, PMs ,Presidents prosecuted
Some indicted, some punished in new world
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ICC on january 29 last has started its first trial since its establishment in 2009.The Congolese rebel leader had been arrested and prosecuted by theOTP of theICC.Till date half a dozen leaders including Sudanese President MD. Basher are on the ICC's arrest warrant.The world will be different after the ICC. The Palestine Authority which is not yet a sovereign state has the other day complained to the OTP of theICC for indicting Israeol leaders for committing war crimes in Gaza recently and the OTP is examining the case.
The ICTY and ICTR had prosecuted and awarded punishment to a large number of civil and military leaders of former Yugoslavia and Rwanda for committing heinous crimes.President Milosevic of Yugoslavia had been arrested by ICTY,kept detained for 5 years and during the process his excellency died during detention.Rwandan prime minister das been awarded maximum punishment yb the ICTY.
International trials are on the move in Cambodia,Sierra Leone etc.Several excellecies and rebel chiefs are undergoing trial.The world had changed under our feet without our noticing the change.It is time to feel the change and accept the golabl rule of law and justice.
Guwahati,Asom, 4 Feb.2009 4pm
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