Paul Kagame Impunity plans
The ICC’s purpose is to arrest, prosecute, and punish, individuals who have committed genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. Meaning the first to be indicted would be Rwanda military officials and others involved in war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape and crimes of genocide.
In 2002, the Bush and Kagame Administrations effectively “unsigned” the ICC treaty. This is a very controversial situation and embarrassment for the world community to back those who refuse to recognize the ICC. CNN, the US government broadcast goes ahead with BBC not to talk but cover up Rwanda criminals involved killings f their own citizens only because they are serving western interests in the Darfour, saying that that they are helping people, Africans living in Darfour against the Sudanese government and militias Janjawid.
However, the ICTR supported bu US and Rwanda government still engage in “politicized prosecution” against Hutu ethnic members while Rwanda criminals including the president Paul Kagame are not cooperating with the Spanish and French judges for their indictments. Paul Kagame and W. Bush signed a document discrediting the ICC and telling the world that the ICC should not prosecute acts of genocide committed by their citizens! ICTR may prosecute some of Rwandans from the Hutu community and ICC has no right to prosecute RPF criminals only because they happen to be Tutsis and RPF members. Rwandan dictatorship does not neither recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. By contrast, Bush and Kagame’sTreaty will permit impunity agreements.
That would return us to the legal regime that gave us Paul Kagame, Tito Rutaremara, Ibingira, Bihozagara, Nziza, Kayonga, Nyamwasa, Kanyemera,Tom Ndahiro, Nsenga and all main other RPF criminals. The whole point of the ICC is never to trust unverified national pledges to bring offenders to justice like those who actually killed the 13 religious clerics in Rwanda but who received orders to do so from the chief rebel commander. It is extremely difficult if US does not support Justice in Spain and in France.
The Rwanda dictator Paul Kagame states that the main reason for withdrawing from the ICC treaty, is the fear that and the RPF military will be “unfairly” brought before it for crimes committed in Rwanda and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
No one should confuse the impunity agreements of the Washington Treaty with Article 98 of the Rome Treaty.
It is a dangerous violation of the Rome Treaty to agree to surrender any ICC suspect to a government that does not recognize the critical oversight role of the ICC such as the Rwanda Nazi government that know that RPF/A or RDF soldiers are found in the dock. In this way there is no doubt that Rwanda government ruled by RPF criminals loses its legitimacy not only before the majority of Rwandans but also before the world community.
No one should confuse the impunity agreements of the Washington Treaty with Article 98 of the Rome Treaty.
It is a dangerous violation of the Rome Treaty to agree to surrender any ICC suspect to a government that does not recognize the critical oversight role of the ICC.
In my humble opinion, rejecting American accountability undermines the rule of international law, and leaves only a system of international coercion.
I don’t believe a coercive system serves the best interests of United States and Rwanda, or any other nation in the world.
The nations of the world should at the very least insist that military action by anyone be waged under independently enforceable human rights standards. The world should help Rwandans, victims of RPF several crimes and mass murders to put an end to the RPF impunity plans refusing at the same time to the majority of Rwandans an absolute right to free expression to talk about the mass-slaughters they are subjected to.
Nothing but Human Rights.
© Jean-Christophe, Libre Penseur
