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His bloody campaign in Darfur, the world should need no reminding, has already led to his indictment by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
These more than 100,000 deaths are a tragic indictment of India’s economic “miracle,” and an embarrassment for a government eager to promote India’s image as an up-and-coming global economic and military power.
Considering the FAO’s conservative definition of chronic severe hunger, this is a serious indictment of global poverty-reduction efforts.
The indictment contains four counts: that Greenspan wrongly cheered the growth of non-standard adjustable-rate mortgages, which fueled the housing bubble; that he wrongly endorsed Bush’s tax cuts; that he should have reined in the stock market bubble of the 1990’s; and that he should have done the same with the real estate bubble of the 2000’s.
International law and the indictment of war criminals are important for a civilized world order, but they are no substitute for active financial and political engagement to support an internationally legitimate, and urgently needed, peace accord such as the CPA in Sudan.
With his own political fortunes clouded by legal troubles that could lead to his indictment, warmongering has become a strategy to win reelection.
But the effect of his case on international justice ensures that, at the very least, he will be remembered for his indictment in Chile rather than for the impunity he had sought to ensure.
Now, the spotlight is on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who must decide whether to issue a formal indictment against a man who has become virtually synonymous with modern Israeli politics.
Lebanon’s Time of TrialISTANBUL – As Lebanon braces for the possible indictment of Hezbollah operatives for the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the country’s economy is wobbling.
That earthquake could prove monumental, depending on how Hezbollah responds to any indictment over Hariri's murder.
This is a more powerful indictment of the reasoning behind recent attempts to justify spending cuts during a recession than is a spreadsheet error or a flippant remark about Keynes’s sexuality.
The Senate appointed a special select committee, headed by Democrat Sam Ervin and Republican Howard Baker, which heard testimony and gathered official evidence that led to the indictment of 40 administration officials and the conviction of several top White House aides, as well as to Nixon’s resignation.
Although the threatened indictment of al-Bashir has prompted protest in Khartoum, no one expects him to appear in court soon.
Chile’s Supreme Court has now upheld that indictment.
That may sound obscure to a non-economist, but it was a devastating indictment.
The fact that enough people feel that way to sustain such an unsuitable presidential candidate is an indictment of US society.
Even though almost 13 years is an inexcusably long time, the war crimes indictment kept Karadzic on the run and prevented him from resurfacing.
Israel after GoldstoneTOLEDO – Israel’s predicament with the Judge Richard Goldstone’s report accusing it of war crimes in Gaza, and the report’s subsequent endorsement by the United Nations Human Rights Council, brings to mind the reaction of United States Vice-President Spiro Agnew to his indictment on corruption charges in 1973: “The bastards, they changed the rules, but they never told me.”
In Sudan, where the original crisis in Darfur predates R2P but the situation continues to deteriorate, President Omar al-Bashir remains effectively untouched either by his International Criminal Court indictment or multiple Security Council resolutions.
Indeed, Kenyatta’s indictment is already shaping his behavior, potentially making him Kenya’s gentlest president.
In fact, his rejection of rule by violence may reflect the recognition that the ICC indictment has attracted the world’s attention.
In this sense, the ICC’s indictment of Kenyatta may well advance Kenya’s development toward robust democracy.
America’s Weak Case Against ChinaNEW HAVEN – On the surface, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer appears to have made an ironclad case against China in the so-called Section 301 report issued on March 22.Laid out in a detailed 182-page document (which, with 1,139 footnotes and five appendices, would make any legal team blush with pride), the USTR’s indictment of China on charges of unfair trading practices regarding technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation seems both urgent and compelling.
Chirac’s indictment is remarkable for the very modesty of his supposed crime: he is suspected of having asked city bureaucrats to work for his political party and run his electoral campaigns when he was mayor of Paris.
Less noticed, because less obviously political, are today’s intellectual rumblings, of which French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a withering indictment of growing inequality, is the latest manifestation.
Guatemala's Candidate from HellThe indictment describes brutal crimes--mass murders, rapes, and the dislocation of hundreds of thousands of people--carried out systematically in the Guatemalan highlands.
In the Balkans, the indictment of Slobodan Milosevic by the United Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) provided a boost to political change in the region.
For example, without a hint of irony, he argued that an investigation, trial, and indictment would deprive him of life, liberty, and property – fundamental freedoms that are guaranteed by the Philippine Constitution.
If the ICC’s preliminary investigation does lead to a formal indictment, as I hope it will, the case could quickly ensnare top police officials, helping to end the wave of extrajudicial killings that have sown fear across the country.
The counter-argument is that the threat of indictment will deter rulers from wicked behavior.
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