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johnpauljones
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posted 15 December 2004 12:02 PM
quote: World Court refuses to hear suit against NATO in bombing of former Yugoslavia 11:00 AM EST Dec 15 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Court of Justice ruled Wednesday it has no jurisdiction to rule in a case filed by Serbia and Montenegro against eight NATO countries for the 1999 bombing in Kosovo, because the Balkan country was not then a member of the United Nations. The former Yugoslavia claimed that the NATO countries which took part in the 78-day bombing campaign in the southern Serbian province violated international law, and sought unspecified damages. The rejection came after eight months of deliberations by the 15-member court, the highest judicial body of the United Nations.
I guess Jean Chretien and Bill Clinton get to live without fear of war crimes charges another day.
From: City of Toronto | Registered: Nov 2004
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miles
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posted 15 December 2004 03:04 PM
Two weeks ago or so we all talked about whether or not we could charge Bush2 with war crimes in addition to other leaders or on his own.Funny how this decision about former attrocities and political involvement is posted and only a boo so far. Is it coincidental or is it simply that people have not seen the thread yet? This is a decision I would like to read.
From: vaughan | Registered: Oct 2004
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swallow
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posted 17 December 2004 09:44 PM
quote: Originally posted by jeff house: It is not possible to know what to make of this without assessing the reasons they give for their decision.Has anyone read those reasons?
No, but the UN News Centre reports it was because Serbia & Montenegro was the successor to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a new UN member which joined after the bombing and could therefore not be a victim of the bombing (since in 1999 it did no exist). In other words, the new Yugoslavia is not a successor state to the old Yugoslavia. All of which strikes me as an enormous cop-out by the Court.
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