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Ukraine ratifies the statute for joining the International Criminal Court (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 8 months ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Freedom and democracy going wild again:

However, many Ukrainians feared that ratification of the Rome Statute could allow the ICC to prosecute Ukrainian citizens participating in the armed conflict on Ukrainian territory.

To reflect those concerns, the legislation contains a clause that says Ukraine will not recognize the ICC’s jurisdiction in cases where the crimes may have been committed by Ukrainian nationals.

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[-] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

"Yeah man, we're totally down to bring justice to those monsters accused of doing war crimes! Woah wait, I mean, except when we do a war crime, that's alright, we have good reasons."

Ah, they grow up so fast! Just like big brother USA! 🥲🇺🇲🦅