Section: US & Canada
ICC supporters call for unity after withdrawals, Russia snub
The court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, sought to downplay the impact of the departures, saying, “this is not a crisis for the Rome Statute system, but a set-back in our joint efforts towards achieving a more peaceful and just world.” Human Rights Watch urged member states not to water down the court’s core...
Germany Alarmed About Potential Russian Interference In Election: Spy Chief
Germany is alarmed that Russia may seek to interfere in its national elections next year, the domestic intelligence chief said, echoing concerns raised in the United States before Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.German officials have accused Moscow of trying to manipulate German media to fan popular angst over issues like the...
Putin Withdraws Signature from International Criminal Court
President Vladimir Putin has decided Russia is out of the International Criminal Court. Putin signed a decree Wednesday removing the country from the first legal body with permanent international jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Putin’s decree was published on the Kremlin’s website and a...
Russia withdraws backing for International Criminal Court
Move comes day after U.N. human rights committee condemned Russia’s “temporary occupation of Crimea” in Ukraine …read more Source:...
Russia Withdraws Signature From ICC’s Founding Statute
Russia says it is formally withdrawing its signature from the founding statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Europe May Need Its Own Nuclear Deterrence Plan If Donald Trump Has His Way
BERLIN ― Europe needs to think about developing its own nuclear deterrent strategy given concerns that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could scale back U.S. military commitments in Europe, a senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives said.Roderich Kiesewetter, foreign policy spokesman for the conservative bloc in...
Putin Withdraws Russia From International Criminal Court
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court, which rules on such grave charges as genocide and crimes against humanity. Putin’s decree, published Wednesday on the Kremlin’s website, comes a day after the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee approved a...
Repairing the U.S.-Russia Relationship
I was part of the second panel at TAC‘s foreign policy conference yesterday on U.S.-Russian relations. Here are the remarks I gave: U.S.-Russian relations are worse than they have been at any point since the end of the Cold War, and both governments have defined their interests in Syria and Ukraine in such a way that it is difficult to see how...
Putin withdraws Russia from International Criminal Court
Putin’s decree, published Wednesday on the Kremlin’s website, comes a day after the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee approved a resolution condemning Russia’s “temporary occupation of Crimea” and condemned Russia for rights abuses such as discrimination against some Crimeans. …read more...
Putin withdraws Russia from International Criminal Court
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court, which rules on such grave charges as genocide and crimes against humanity. Putin’s decree, published Wednesday on the Kremlin’s website, comes a day after the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee...
