LOL, did not we tell you that that Palestine thing would backfire In all fairness the chances of this lawsuit to be heard by the ICC are not high, not on merits but on technicalities...But the next lawsuits filed by the government of Israel will undoubtedly be accepted. Watch your backs Islamofascists, your crimes won't go unpunished.
As of February 2013, 122 states[9] are states parties to the Statute of the Court, including all of South America, nearly all of Europe and roughly half the countries in Africa.[10] The Statute will enter into force for its 122nd state party, Ivory Coast, on 1 May 2013.[11] A further 31 countries,[9] including Russia, have signed but not ratified the Rome Statute;[10] one of them, Ivory Coast, had already accepted the Court's jurisdiction before it ratified the Statute.[12] The law of treaties obliges these states to refrain from acts which would defeat the object and purpose of the treaty until they declare they do not intend to become a party to the treaty.[13] Three of these statesIsrael, Sudan and the United Stateshave informed the UN Secretary General that they no longer intend to become states parties and, as such, have no legal obligations arising from their former representatives' signature of the Statute.[10][14] 41 United Nations member states[9] have neither signed nor ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute; some of them, including China and India, are critical of the Court.[15][16] On 21 January 2009, the Palestinian National Authority formally accepted the jurisdiction of the Court.[17] On 3 April 2012, the ICC Prosecutor declared himself unable to determine that Palestine is a "state" for the purposes of the Rome Statute.[18] On 29 November 2012, the United Nations General Assembly voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a non-member observer state which might let the Prosecutor reconsider her predecessor's point of view.[19] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court
It doesn't matter if Israel is a ratifying state to the convention, individuals are still allowed to file complaints with the ICC. They're called "communications" and there is no guarantee that they will be ruled on which is why the article doesn't hold high hopes for this particular case.
As a side note, this isn't the first time that such a communication has been made to the ICC. they have received communications concerning Hamas before, so I'm not sure what Borat is so giddy about.
shudda deleted this one too pal didn't read the top post?? LOL, did not we tell you that that Palestine thing would backfire In all fairness the chances of this lawsuit to be heard by the ICC are not high, not on merits but on technicalities...[B]But the next lawsuits filed by the government of Israel will undoubtedly be accepted[/B]. Watch your backs Islamofascists, your crimes won't go unpunished.
That's fine; the clarification wasn't meant simply for you, it is rather pertinent to this thread in general. Feel free to carry on as you will.
Having some two-bit independent neoZionist shyster attempt to indict the Palestinian resistance is actually extremely funny. There's material here for Woody Allen.
