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  • “At present, France appears reluctant – both in its statements and in its actions,” he said. “I detect no sincere willingness on the part of political leaders to shed light on the possible involvement of our compatriots in what the International Criminal Court – and many legal experts – now define as war crimes, crimes against humanity or even genocide.”

    "But justice depends – and will always depend – on the political will of states to be effective. Today, those who are failing are not the NGOs or lawyers, such as those who brought this complaint. It’s the political leaders – particularly in the West – who, through their silence or complicity, through their total lack of moral compass, are burying the values they claim to uphold.

    France will ignore this as not ignoring it would highlight their hypocrisy.













  • It’s possible, but it’s not that easy. Due to chain of evidence and each new evidence introduced is done under oath and under the penalty of perjury. So for someone to do that it really has to be department wide objective and the procecutors to be either incompetent or also complicit and then the court staff to be fooled along with the judge. Most evidence is also public in the court records, so anyone can see it and media often shares it to even wider audience.

    The level of transparancy state courts offer is hands down the best thing about US “justice” system. Well mostly the only good thing, but still.