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When was the last time a head of state was arrested by the ICC?
by xenospn 2y ago
When was the last time a head of state was arrested by the ICC?
- nabla9 2y agoOmar al-Bashir is currently jailed in Sudan, but has not been transferred to ICC custody yet. Gaddafi was killed before he could be arrested.
- bhouston 2y ago> When was the last time a head of state was arrested by the ICC? It also acts as a deterrent as much of the world will now likely be out of bounds for travel for either the Israelis or Hamas leadership who were issued warrants.
- jacob019 2y agoDead men don't travel.
- ssijak 2y agoYugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic was arrested and deported by the government of Yugoslavia after him. Of course, under immense pressure from the west. My preference would be that we tried him under our courts and sent him to jail in Yugoslavia/Serbia. Now, imposing "justice" obviously only works when you do it to small nations like Yugoslavia or Rwanda. Of course it will not apply to the Israel leader, let alone to somebody from even more powerful nation.
- nabla9 2y agoThat was ICTY, not ICC as OP asked.
- KSteffensen 2y agoI don't understand how a tiny country like Israel has become so important in global politics. By population Rwanda is ~30% larger than Israel.
- maccard 2y agoThey’re a western bastion in very close proximity to the Middle East, with a cultural and religious tie to a not insignificant number of Americans. It’s also a wealthy country.
- GordonS 2y ago[flagged]
- maccard 2y agoYou don’t have to agree with them to agree that they’re are far more closely aligned with the US and the west than their neighbours.
- GordonS 2y agoI see what you mean, but I'm not sure that's such an easy question? Imagine if Israel, the US and UK hadn't funded and spread ISIS and Al-Qaeda throughout the region. Look back at how Iran was before the West decided a pliable dictator would be preferable. Look at how Syria was before the west decided they wanted that oil. Look at what Gaddafi was trying to achieve in Libya before the west decided they didn't want that. Lebanon somehow remains quite western. My point is that a lot of the Middle East is the way it is because of the West and our destructive behaviours.
- maccard 2y agoWhat if Rome never fell? You can’t look at a country in isolation and ask why it’s so important globally.
- underdeserver 2y agoI'm sorry, Israel funded ISIS?
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- selimthegrim 2y agoHe was a former head of state by then.