From: Kai Becker (kmb@kai-m-becker.de)
Date: Sun Feb 23 2003 - 07:29:17 MST
Am Sonntag, 23. Februar 2003 05:32 schrieb Brett Paatsch:
> Can anyone give a *clear* and *unambiguous* instance of a treaty
> breach by the US? I mean a material or significant breach of the
> sort an impartial and reasonable third party would recognize?
Breach of UN resolutions:
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/43/a43r011.htm
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/44/a44r043.htm
(and some more on the same case)
Disregard of decisions of the International Court of Justice, which is
also a breach of the UN charta:
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/cijwww/icjwww/idecisions/isummaries/inussummary840510.htm
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/cijwww/icjwww/idecisions/isummaries/inussummary860627.htm
The ICoJ has btw justified the use of force against the former republic
of Yugoslavia:
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ipresscom/iPress1999/ipresscom9933_iyus_19990602.htm
You should also keep an eye on the latest decision concerning the US:
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ipresscom/ipress2003/ipresscom2003-09_mus_20030205.htm
So, by the measures, the US use on Iraq, the UN security council _could_
rightfully decide on sanctions against the USA, _if_ the US wouldn't have
a veto right in this gremium. But _if_ the security council would use the
US measures on -say- Israel instead, it _could_ simply ignore this breach
of decisions, resolutions and chartas. _But_ wouldn't you think that for
a truly fair and civilized world organization, each state should be equal
before the rules law they themself signed? And how do you call a system,
where one party is "more equal" than another?
Kai
-- == Kai M. Becker == kmb@kai-m-becker.de == Bremen, Germany == "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced"
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