USA to deny VISA to ICC members

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[Dubious]

it was already in the pipeline:

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/chan...hreatens-icc-over-us-war-crimes-probe.608189/

indian level denial!

 

[Khafee]

US Revokes ICC Prosecutor's Entry Visa Over Afghanistan Investigation
April 04, 2019 11:21 PM

• Reuters

In this Nov. 27, 2013, file photo, prosecutor Fatou Bensouda waits for the start of the trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.
THE HAGUE —
The United States has revoked the entry visa of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, her office said on Thursday, a response to her inquiry into possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last month the U.S. would withdraw or deny visas to ICC staff investigating such allegations against U.S. forces or their allies.

United Nations human rights experts called the reaction "improper interference" in the work of the world's permanent war crimes court. It also drew criticism from within the European Union.

"We can confirm that the U.S. authorities have revoked the prosecutor's visa for entry into the U.S.," Bensouda's office told Reuters in an e-mail.

It said it understood the move should not impact Bensouda’s travel to the U.S. to meet her United Nations obligations. The ICC is not a U.N. court, but Bensouda travels regularly to brief the U.N. Security Council on cases referred to The Hague by the UN body.

A State Department spokesman said members of international organizations planning official travel to the U.N. could apply for diplomatic visas. "We recommend that applicants apply as early as possible to maximize the chances of being found eligible," the spokesman said.

The U.S. in not a member of the ICC, along with other major powers Russia and China.

The office of the prosecutor said on Thursday that Bensouda would exercise her duties "without fear or favor." She has been investigating alleged war crimes by all parties in the conflict in Afghanistan since November 2017, including the possible role of U.S. personnel in relation to the detention of suspects.

ICC judges are still reviewing materials and have not yet handed down a decision on opening a formal investigation in Afghanistan.

The ICC is a court of last resort with 122 member states. It acts only when countries within its jurisdiction are found to be unable or unwilling to seriously investigate war crimes, genocide or other serious atrocities.

https://www.voanews.com/a/icc-refused-entry-into-us/4863074.html

The people who control majority of Afg would be happy to give unlimited access.

 

[VCheng]

The U.S. in not a member of the ICC, along with other major powers Russia and China.

As the story clarifies, ICC is not a UN body, and USA is not a member of it either.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

@PakSword @Zee-shaun @Areesh @Arsalan @waz @Horus Hazrat @Zarvan @django @Zibago @Umair Nawaz @Major Sam @Patriot & Ready @Pan-Islamic-Pakistan @DESERT FIGHTER @maximuswarrior @Maxpane @Pakhtoon yum @Army research @Hakikat ve Hikmet @war&peace @HRK @Rafi @Dubious @BHarwana @Khafee @Indus Pakistan

Well this is the time for the world to twist their arms and make this investigation go through. Where is the OIC and OPEC, they should threaten sanctions if this isnt investigated, but wait they have no balls.

 

[war&peace]

As the story clarifies, ICC is not a UN body, and USA is not a member of it either.

And you are not a member of human race...but a talking baboon

 

[VCheng]

There was already a thread on this topic:

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/usa-to-deny-visa-to-icc-members.608248/

And another one:

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/chan...hreatens-icc-over-us-war-crimes-probe.608189/

The ICC can do whatever it wants without US support, that is all. I have no problem with either the ICC's, or USA's action in this matter.

 

[Maxpane]

they know if tbey allow it humiliation is waiting for them

 

[VCheng]

they know if tbey allow it humiliation is waiting for them

The ICC is free to do its work as it sees fit. USA is not trying to stop them from conducting their business outside US borders since it is not a member of the ICC.

 

[Khafee]

As the story clarifies, ICC is not a UN body, and USA is not a member of it either.

and you are one chromosome short. We know!

And you are not a member of human race...but a talking baboon

Boori baat, maafi mango, baboons say

 

[war&peace]

and you are one chromosome short. We know!


Boori baat, maafi mango, baboons say

He is from the planet of apes, because he can talk

 

[CrazyZ]

US revokes visa for International Court prosecutor Bensouda
By MIKE CORDERan hour ago



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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda waits for the start of the trial against former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says she has had her U.S. visa revoked, in the first implementation of an American crackdown on the global tribunal. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday that her U.S. visa has been revoked, in what appears to a crackdown on the global tribunal by the Trump administration.

In a statement confirming the revocation, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s office stressed that she “has an independent and impartial mandate” under the court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute.

“The Prosecutor and her office will continue to undertake that statutory duty with utmost commitment and professionalism, without fear or favor,” the statement said.


Bensouda’s office said the revocation of her visa shouldn’t affect her travel to the U.S. for meetings, including regular briefings at the U.N. Security Council. The U.S. has never been a member of the ICC, a court of last resort that prosecutes grave crimes only when other nations are unwilling or unable to bring suspects to justice.

Bensouda is expected to brief the U.N. Security Council next month on her investigations in Libya.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said: “We expect the United States to live up to the agreement to allow for the travel of ICC staff members to do their work here at the United Nations.”

The State Department confirmed the measure against Bensouda.

“In this case, where Prosecutor Bensouda has publicly stated that her visa has been revoked, we confirm that the Prosecutor’s visa to the United States has been revoked,” the department said.

It declined to discuss other cases but said “the United States will take the necessary steps to protect its sovereignty and to protect our people from unjust investigation and prosecution by the International Criminal Court.”

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last month that Washington would revoke or deny visas to ICC staff seeking to investigate alleged war crimes and other abuses committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan or elsewhere and may do the same with those who seek action against Israel.

The ICC prosecutor has a pending request to look into possible war crimes in Afghanistan that may involve Americans. The Palestinians have also asked the court to bring cases against Israel.

Pompeo said in March that his move was necessary to prevent the court from infringing on U.S. sovereignty by prosecuting American forces or allies for torture or other war crimes.

Bensouda asked last year to open an investigation into allegations of war crimes committed by Afghan national security forces, Taliban and Haqqani network militants, as well as U.S. forces and intelligence officials in Afghanistan since May 2003.

The request says there’s information that members of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies “committed acts of torture, cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity, rape and sexual violence against conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan and other locations, principally in the 2003-2004 period.”

The United States has never been a member of the Hague-based court, even though the Clinton administration in 2000 signed the Rome Statute that created it. However, he had reservations about the scope of the court’s jurisdiction and never submitted it for ratification to the Senate.


When President George W. Bush took office in 2001, his administration passed the American Service Members Protection Act, which sought to immunize U.S. troops from potential prosecution by the ICC. In 2002, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton traveled to New York to ceremonially “unsign” the Rome Statute at the United Nations.

In a speech to the American Society of International Law late last month, ICC President Chile Eboe-Osuji paid tribute to American involvement in previous international courts, from the post-World War II trials of Nazis in Nuremberg to U.N. tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

He urged Washington to support the ICC “whose values and objectives are entirely consistent with the best instincts of America and her values.”
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Matthew Lee in Washington, D.C. contributed to this report.

 

[coffee_cup]

Might is right.

Millennial old saying is as valid today, as it would be in 200 years from now.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

This may be remembered as a dark chapter in US history , however US is losing moral ground

 

[Super Falcon]

USA is a kid who bullys other its time for other nation to stand tall against these arrogant nationslike USA CHINA and israel