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March 31, 2005

The Law Won
Posted by Suzanne Nossel

U.S. abstains in UN vote, allowing Darfur war crimes cases to go to the Hague. 

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The law is a long way from 'winning', but I will bookmark this post and the previous post and perhaps setup some sort of web-based "Countdown to International Justice" or something like that.

Here is an interesting tid-bit from the linked news story: "The Bush administration abstained in a vote on a resolution after receiving concessions that would bar prosecution of Americans participating in U.N. operations in Sudan. The vote was 11-0 with four abstentions."

Of course, once the concerns that the US has always had about the ICC were addressed, the matter was allowed to proceed.

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