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isaacdelatorre:
Hey guys, I'm pretty sure there were 4 convictions; 2 being this year.

https://www.icc-cpi.int/mali/al-mahdi

The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, interesting as he was convicted for the war crime of attacking religious and historical buildings. That's a 100% growth in convictions in just a year, effective??

elysepopplewell:

--- Quote from: AFix on October 28, 2016, 03:54:41 pm ---I think it is the neo-colonialism tbh.  'Gambia joins South Africa and Burundi in exodus from International Criminal Court' much of the reason many African countries are leaving its jurisdiction.

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I agree, and I need to look into it further, but I do think that each country is swamped in monopolised agreements for trade, economy, tourism, etc. And I think this means that in order to protect the new world order, mainly crimes that exist only in a concentrated area will be targeted, as is the case with the concentration of African criminals being warranted - because there is so much domestic unrest in Africa. I do need to do more research, but I definitely agree with your statement.

elysepopplewell:

--- Quote from: isaacdelatorre on October 28, 2016, 04:45:58 pm ---Hey guys, I'm pretty sure there were 4 convictions; 2 being this year.

https://www.icc-cpi.int/mali/al-mahdi

The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, interesting as he was convicted for the war crime of attacking religious and historical buildings. That's a 100% growth in convictions in just a year, effective??

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You're absolutely right - good find. Four convictions, all for actions in Africa.

100% growth in convictions in a year - correct - and great for analysis!

aoife98:
Would it be worthwhile arguing the effectiveness of stopping people smugglers re boat people or does that verge too much into human rights?

jamonwindeyer:

--- Quote from: aoife98 on October 29, 2016, 02:17:06 pm ---Would it be worthwhile arguing the effectiveness of stopping people smugglers re boat people or does that verge too much into human rights?

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I think it would work as long as you approach it in a manner synonymous with the Crime topic! Use Crime legislation, don't address the UDHR/ICCPR in much depth, focus on the prosecution of criminals and the dissuasion of criminal behaviour. If you can do that in your response, then the example works ;D

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