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A comment on RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears. Parent comment

Re:RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb f... by Abishek_Muthian on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:24AM (#21637643)
>Why submit to the will of some foreign court that’s totally outside the framework of your own country’s laws, constitution, and institutions?

They why be subject to U.N. and it's ICJ? Submitting only to institutions in which we have extraordinary influence or can veto out of unfavourable circumstances is not 'protection of sovereignty'; it's hypocrisy and disregard to delivering justice.

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Re:RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb f... by rayiner on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:39AM (#21637730)
The UN is largely voluntary and has little power to issue anything binding. The US is a member of the ICJ but has not consented for compulsory jurisdiction. It only submits to ICJ jurisdiction on a treaty-by-treaty or consent basis.
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