Principle III "The fact that a person who committed an act which
constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or
responsible government official does not relieve him from
responsibility under international law."
Principle IV "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him".
Principle V "Any person charged with a crime under international law has the right to a fair trial on the facts and law."
Principle VI states:
"The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law: (a) Crimes against peace: (i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances; (ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i). (b) War crimes: Violations of the laws or customs of war which include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation of slave labor or for any other purpose of the civilian population of or in occupied territory; murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the Seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity. (c) Crimes against humanity: Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts done against any civilian population, or persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds, when such acts are done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime."
Principle VII "Complicity in the commission of a crime against
peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity as set forth in
Principle VI is a crime under international law."
Obama seems destined to play out his front man role in the world political economy of America's wild capitalist imperialism. That we, with all the wonderful ordinary Americans around us, follow a fool is most lamentable. In a way, those who accept his leadership and encourage his homicidal foolishness are even more pathetic than Obama. If he ever stands trial for our crimes against humanity, in the eyes of the world, we will be in the dock alongside him.
Principle IV "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him".
Principle V "Any person charged with a crime under international law has the right to a fair trial on the facts and law."
Principle VI states:
"The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law: (a) Crimes against peace: (i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances; (ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i). (b) War crimes: Violations of the laws or customs of war which include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation of slave labor or for any other purpose of the civilian population of or in occupied territory; murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the Seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity. (c) Crimes against humanity: Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts done against any civilian population, or persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds, when such acts are done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime."
Obama seems destined to play out his front man role in the world political economy of America's wild capitalist imperialism. That we, with all the wonderful ordinary Americans around us, follow a fool is most lamentable. In a way, those who accept his leadership and encourage his homicidal foolishness are even more pathetic than Obama. If he ever stands trial for our crimes against humanity, in the eyes of the world, we will be in the dock alongside him.
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