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Countries that enforce American sanctions do so because they're signatories to various treaties. Similarly, countries that enforce American copyright laws are a
by austinheap 8y ago
Countries that enforce American sanctions do so because they're signatories to various treaties. Similarly, countries that enforce American copyright laws are also signatories. It's opt-in, often under real-or-perceived economic duress, but it's not like it's totally arbitrary.
- shittyadmin 8y agoDoesn't change the fact that it should be up to that country's prosecutors to do the enforcement - not the governments of Canada or the USA. International treaties should not override a country's laws - Canada for example is already in brazen violation of internation drug treaties. If US authorities want them on these charges, they should be presenting legitimate evidence to Chinese prosecutors and arguing over the treaty in question, not playing world police.
- manfredo 8y agoNo. If every person was legally immune, save for their own country, then each country could simply refuse to persecute citizens that violate treaties. Under your proposed scheme, treaties wouldn't be worth the paper they're written on.
- shittyadmin 8y agoOf course, but then they'd have to contend with the country in question - basically, the US should be revoking whatever benefits China gains from such treaties, not prosecuting them directly.