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Re:Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova 'snatched fro... by Wald76 on Monday September 07, 2020 @02:38PM (#24401505)
Belarus’s human rights abuses and crimes against humanity (as defined by the ICC) are highly relevant no matter whether its government signed the statute or not, or whether its government trolls consider it a “toy court”.
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Re:Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova 'snatched fro... by 477rruruurur on Monday September 07, 2020 @02:58PM (#24401698)
So then it should be easy to explain the relevance of the ICC in this situation instead of just saying it's "highly relevant".
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Re:Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova 'snatched fro... by sam_lowry_ on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:10PM (#24401812)
Some countries have the Universal jurisdiction [1].

The idea is that whenever the crime happens, it can be tried in the country. Even US had a couple of cases where Universal jurisdiction was applied.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_jurisdiction

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Re:Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova 'snatched fro... by 477rruruurur on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:00PM (#24402262)
That doesn't really make the ICC relevant in a way worth acknowledging since by definition the same applies to many places at the same time.
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Re:Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova 'snatched fro... by sam_lowry_ on Monday September 07, 2020 @05:35PM (#24403125)
Every country that implements Universal jurisdiction can try foreigners pretty much like ICC, yep.
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