• wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    But most governments also abide by the international legal principle that heads of state have legal immunity from other courts.

    So why should anyone arrest Putin?

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      7 days ago

      Yeah, might as well close down the ICC then I guess. Not much use for it if governments do whatever they want anyway.

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        5 days ago

        The benefits comes for local efforts to held governments responsible towards war crimes.

        Let’s say in Canada, if there are a non-profit that send money to the IDF then after such ruling you can push to stop these non-profit from doing so.

        I think without these international courts, local government will get away with more crimes.