[Peace-discuss] boyle-ing in oil

[C. G. Estabrook]

Francis is a long-time member of the UI law faculty and a notable Irish thorn in 
its rather corpulent and complacent side.  Francis does not suffer fools gladly 
and has at divers time instituted impeachment proceedings against both Bush pere 
et fils, as well as speaking out against other USG crimes - which of course has 
led to his being largely ostracized by respectable academic and legal circles. 
Good on him.  --CGE


E.Wayne Johnson wrote:
> I am not sure who Boyle is, and I am also not sure that I recognize any 
> sort of thing as "International Law", but I find this interesting 
> nonetheless, although I believe any appeal to international law to be 
> completely impotent against the US Government perpetrators, who are 
> criminals indeed.
>  
> *****
>  
>  
> 
> *INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST BUSH, CHENEY, 
> RUMSFELD, TENET, RICE AND GONZALES; INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANTS REQUESTED
> 
> Champaign, U.S.A./The Hague, Netherlands (19 Jan 2010). -- Professor 
> Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in 
> Champaign, U.S.A. has filed a Complaint with the Prosecutor for the 
> International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) in The Hague against U.S. citizens 
> George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, 
> Condoleezza Rice, and Alberto Gonzales (the “Accused”) for their 
> criminal policy and practice of “extraordinary rendition” perpetrated 
> upon about 100 human beings. This term is really their euphemism for the 
> enforced disappearance of persons and their consequent torture. This 
> criminal policy and practice by the Accused constitute Crimes against 
> Humanity in violation of the Rome Statute establishing the I.C.C.
> 
> The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute. Nevertheless the 
> Accused have ordered and been responsible for the commission of I.C.C. 
> statutory crimes within the respective territories of many I.C.C. member 
> states, including several in Europe. Consequently, the I.C.C. has 
> jurisdiction to prosecute the Accused for their I.C.C. statutory crimes 
> under Rome Statute article 12(2)(a) that affords the I.C.C. jurisdiction 
> to prosecute for I.C.C. statutory crimes committed in I.C.C. member states.
> 
> The Complaint requests (1) that the I.C.C. Prosecutor open an 
> investigation of the Accused on his own accord under Rome Statute 
> article 15(1); and (2) that the I.C.C. Prosecutor also formally “submit 
> to the [I.C.C.] Pre-Trial Chamber a request for authorization of an 
> investigation” of the Accused under Rome Statute article 15(3).
> 
> For similar reasons, the Highest Level Officials of the Obama 
> administration risk the filing of a follow-up Complaint with the I.C.C. 
> if they do not immediately terminate the Accused’s criminal policy and 
> practice of “extraordinary rendition,” which the Obama administration 
> has continued to implement.
> 
> The Complaint concludes with a request that the I.C.C. Prosecutor obtain 
> International Arrest Warrants for the Accused from the I.C.C. in 
> accordance with Rome Statute articles 58(1)(a), 58(1)(b)(i), 
> 58(1)(b)(ii), and 58(1)(b)(iii).
> 
> In order to demonstrate your support for this Complaint you can contact 
> the I.C.C. Prosecutor by letter, fax, or email as indicated below.
> 
> Francis A. Boyle
> Professor of International Law
> Law Building
> 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue
> Champaign, Illinois 61820
> Phone: 217-333-7954
> Fax: 217-244-1478*
> 
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