China, Sudan's Protector and Enabler

The International Criminal Court is on the verge of issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir for crimes against humanity. According to my sources, at this very moment, China is preparing to introduce a United Nations resolution to suspend ICC jurisdiction over Sudan. The Chinese backed resolution proposes stripping the ICC of its power to investigate or prosecute Sudanese authorities for 12 months. Under Article 16 of the Rome statute the UN Security Council has that authority, renewable at six monthly intervals. If the UN Security Council invokes such a suspension they will be held accountable by the people of the world. I think the resolution will be vetoed, hopefully by the US, almost certainly by the UK and France who have been clear supporters of the ICC. It will be an interesting time to see the P5 (US, UK, France, Russia and China) forced to put their cards on the table. Who will they stand for? The perpetrators or the victims?

This move by Beijing further casts China in the role of Sudan's enabler and defender and secures their position in the Darfur genocide as the second most culpable nation in the world.

Comments

[VictorLudorum]

China and US have certian partnershi­ps........­..........­..........­.........T­he Afgan border needs consideration too dear MIA......

[shanghaislim]

Hmmmmm. May I politely disagree with you Ms. Farrow?

Sudan's problems are a lot deeper than China's involvement.

Would you call for a boycott of the Olympics if the were being staged in say.......­New York?

[cylindar]

Yes, and it makes the Olympic Games look like a good target for protesting their very ugly brutal stance.

[monstabunny]

Mia, thank you for these reports. The news from Sudan is so disheartening. China, soon to replace us as the top superpower in the world, has no vulnerability aside from the cultural stigma of losing face. That means we need more coups like the one you pulled off with Steven Spielberg - someone powerful and popular who is willing to throw egg on their faces. Sudan is too important for them to throw under the bus, and the big anti-Olympic protests haven't materialized - unless something is being planned. Sudan itself doesn't give a s---t about its image, having long since fallen into the Islamic us vs. the infidels mindset.

[Henry]

You state: "If the UN Security Council invokes such a suspension they will be held accountable by the people of the world."
This is not true, there is no such thing as "the people of the world". There is the press, but they are corporate thus tainted. George Bush and his gang are war criminals. What do you think the people of the world will do about that? So...while it might be disgusting to watch the polar bear extinguished, do you think anyone really cares? (I mean really cares, you know?)