"It will be much harder to do that when we will run up against the reality of this institution that will be staffed by judges from the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa, Senegal, Argentina - states that are committed to the rule of law," he said.

"signs are good" that between 90 and 100 countries will have ratified the treaty by early next year, The Associated Press reported from the United Nations. ."The International Criminal Court is potentially the most important human rights institution created in 50 years. It will be the court where the Saddam Husseins, Pol Pots and Augusto Pinochets of the future are held to account," Dicker said, referring to Iraq's president, Cambodia's late Khmer Rouge leader, and the former Chilean dictator. .

"Philippe Kirsch, chairman of the commission preparing for the court's operation, said he believed that once the court showed it will act in "a very judicial and nonpolitical way," there would be less opposition. ."In my view, given the United States' tradition of commitment to international justice, it is a matter of time before there is some form of cooperation developing between the United States and an institution of this importance," he said. .In the past 50 years, more than 86 million civilians have died in 250 conflicts around the world, and more than 170 million people have been stripped of their rights, property and dignity, according to the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, which represents about 1,000 organizations and legal experts. ."Most of these victims have been simply forgotten and few perpetrators have been brought to justice," the coalition said."

Hard to be a leader when you aren't on the same page, aren't reading the same book as everyone else.

Leaders should be responsible, just like everyone else. And accountable. Or, they can try to be bullies.

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