This legal technicality indicates the Hague must dismiss charges against Dr Karadzic and others awaiting trials in the Hague jail; like it or not. Unfortunately for the Signatures Of the Rome Statute United Nations member states instituting the ICC & ICTY housed at the Hague, insofar as the, Radovan Karadzic, as with the other Hague cases awaiting trial there, I personally witnessed these United Nations member states having a substantial conversation and openly speaking about trading judicial appointments and verdicts for financial funding when I attended the 2001 ICC Preparatory Meetings at the UN in Manhattan making the iCTY and ICC morally incapable trying Radovan Karazdic and others. I witnessed with my own eyes and ears when attending the 2001 Preparatory Meetings to establish an newly emergent International Criminal Court, the exact caliber of criminal corruption running so very deeply at the Hague, that it was a perfectly viable topic of legitimate conversation in those meetings I attended to debate trading verdicts AND judicial appointments, for monetary funding. YouTube Video Jilly wrote:*The rep from Spain became distraught and when her country’s proposal was not taken to well by the chair of the meeting , then Spain argued in a particularly loud and noticably strongly vocal manner, “Spain (my country) strongly believes if we contribute most financial support to the Hague’s highest court, that ought to give us and other countries feeding it financially MORE direct power over its decisions.” ((((((((((((((((((((((((( ((((((((((((((((((((((((( Instead of censoring the country representative from Spain for even bringing up this unjust, illegal and unfair judicial idea of bribery for international judicial verdicts and judicial appointments, all country representatives present in the meeting that day all treated the Spain proposition as a ”totally legitimate topic” discussed and debated it between each other for some time. I was quite shocked! The idea was "let's discuss it." "It's a great topic to discuss." Some countries agreed with Spain’s propositions while others did not. The point here is, bribery for judicial verdicts and judicial appointments was treated as a totally legitimate topic instead of an illegitimate toic which it is in the meeting that I attended in 2001 that day to establish the ground work for a newly emergent international criminal court.))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
http://picasaweb.google.com/lpcyusa (The Documentary Secret United Nations ICC (CLOSED UNITED NATIONS MEETINGS TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT I ATTENDED in (2001) I represented the country of, The Republika of Srpska, and I was an, United States Citizen). No one ever did this before. There was no “observer status for NGOs. These Secret Documentary Evidence Shows the ICC, can smuggle GOLD BARS, DRUGS AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO WITHOUT DECLARING THEM, ORGANIZED CRIME WISH THEY HAD SUCH A DEAL, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS STATE, THEY ARE CARRYING THESE ITEMS AROUND THE WORLD ,”IN THE NAME OF THEIR ICC COURT.” THEY HAD SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSIONS ON TRADING CRIMINAL VERDICTS FOR CASH COUNTRY FUNDING FROM THE EU AND OTHER COUNTRIES STATING THE WILL PUT ANYONE IN JAIL IN THEIR HAGUE JAIL CELLS, FOR THE HIGHEST COUNTRY THAT GIVES IT THE MOST CASH AND DISCUSSED AUCTIONING OFF VERDICTS STARTING AT THE PRICE IN $30,000 SAID THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR. Another Ambassador said he thought it ,” was better to buy a criminal verdict from the ICC, for $40,000- and other Ambassadors spoke is if criminal life sentences were merely auction items for cash . And, they had the right to put anyone they wanted in jail by “PAYING OFF THE HAGUE AND IT’S PROSECUTOR, SERGE BRAMMERTZ.. THERE ARE THEIR SECRET PAPERS WHICH STATED NO ONE WAS TO EVER DISCUSS WHAT WAS STATED IN THIS MEETING OR THEY WOULD BE PROSECUTED TO THE HIGHEST EXTENT OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LAWS AND JAIL. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND I AM NOT AN AMBASSADOR SO THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ME I AM MAKING THIS PUBLIC AS AN INTERNATIONAL NEWS STORY. JILL STARR Radovan Karadzic Questioned ILLEGAL WEAPON SALES Way Back in Bosnian WAR! Anyone Care To Answer ? Nov 13, 2011 Evidence (Documentary) Of Serbian Army Abiding By UN Human Rights Standards During Srebrenica Affair Nov 13, 2011 This Paper Proves the Muslim Leadership During the Bosnian War PRE-PLANNED the Evacuation of Their Own Muslim People During the " So Called" Ethnic Cleansing of the Srebrenica Enclave During the Bosnian War. .The Muslim Governmental Leaders Did This To Get Militaristic Aid From the United States and the NATO Whom sent, US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke, to tell the Muslim Leaders in Bosnia During the Civil War There That the US Would NOT Assist Them Militarily UNLESS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MUSLIM PERSONS DIE FIRST! So the Muslims planned an assault on their own people to obtain Aid From the NATO powers, purposely allowing the Srebrenica To Occur, even planning it altogether! This legal technicality indicates the Hague must dismiss charges against Dr Karadzic and others awaiting trials in the Hague jail; like it or not. This legal technicality indicates the Hague must dismiss charges against Dr Karadzic and others awaiting trials in the Hague jail; like it or not. Unfortunately for the Signatures Of the Rome Statute United Nations member states instituting the ICC and ICTY housed at the Hague, insofar as the, Radovan Karadzic, as with the other Hague cases awaiting trial there, I personally witnessed these United Nations member states having a substantial conversation and openly speaking about trading judicial appointments and verdicts for financial funding when I attended the 2001 ICC Preparatory Meetings at the UN in Manhattan making the iCTY and ICC morally incapable trying Radovan Karadzic and Others. Regarding the CLOSED MEETING PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT I ATTENDED IN 2001 WITH EVERY CHIEF AMBASSADOR IN THE WORLD I eye witnessed, the exact caliber of criminal corruption running so very deeply at the Hague, that it was a perfectly viable topic of legitimate conversation in those meetings I attended to debate trading verdicts AND judicial appointments, for monetary funding. Jilly wrote:*The rep from Spain became distraught and when her country’s proposal was not taken too well by the chair of the meeting , then Spain argued in a particularly loud and noticeable strongly vocal manner, “Spain (my country) strongly believes if we contribute most financial support to the Hague’s highest court, that ought to give us and other countries feeding it financially MORE direct power over its decisions.” ((((((((((((((((((((((((( ((((((((((((((((((((((((( Instead of censoring the country representative from Spain for even bringing up this unjust, illegal and unfair judicial idea of bribery for international judicial verdicts and judicial appointments, all country representatives present in the meeting that day all treated the Spain proposition as a ”totally legitimate topic” discussed and debated it between each other for some time. I was quite shocked! The idea was "let's discuss it." "It's a great topic to discuss." Some countries agreed with Spain’s propositions while others did not. The point here is,bribery for judicial verdicts and judicial appointments was treated as a totally legitimate topic instead of an illegitimate topic which it is in the meeting that I attended in 2001 that day to establish the groundwork for a newly emergent international criminal court.)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) In particular., since "Spain" was so overtly unafraid in bringing up this topic of trading financial funding the ICC for influence over its future judicial appointments and verdicts in front of every other UN member state present that day at the UN, "Spain" must have already known by previous experience the topic of bribery was "socially acceptable" for conversation that day. They must have previously spoke about bribing the ICTY and ICC before in meetings; this is my take an international sociological honor student. SPAIN's diplomatic gesture of international justice insofar as, Serbia, in all of this is disgusting morally! SPAIN HAS TAUGHT THE WORLD THE TRUE DEFINITION OF AN "INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT." I remind everyone, when I attended those ICC Preparatory Meetings in 2001, witnessing first hand the country plenipotentiary representatives present with me discussing so openly, trading judicial funding of a new international criminal court, for its direct judicial appointments and judicial verdicts, those same state powers were concurrently,those same countries and people were already simultaneously, funding the already established ICTY which was issuing at that time, arrest warrants for Bosnian Serb under false primary diplomatic pretenses. The ICTY and ICC is just where it should be for once. Cornered and backed into and an international wall, scared like a cornered animal (and I Bet it reacts in the same way a rabid cornered animal does too in such circumstances) (ICTY associates) Unfortunately for the Signatures Of the Rome Statute United Nations member states instituting the ICC and ICTY housed at the Hague, insofar as the, Radovan Karadzic, as with the other Hague cases awaiting trial there, I personally witnessed these United Nations member states having a substantial conversation and openly speaking about trading judicial appointments and verdicts for financial funding when I attended the 2001 ICC Preparatory Meetings at the UN in Manhattan making the iCTY and ICC morally incapable trying Radovan Karadzic and others. I witnessed with my own eyes and ears when attending the 2001 Preparatory Meetings to establish an newly emergent International Criminal Court, the exact caliber of criminal corruption running so very deeply at the Hague, that it was a perfectly viable topic of legitimate conversation in those meetings I attended to debate trading verdicts AND judicial appointments, for monetary funding. Jilly wrote:*The rep from Spain became distraught and when her country’s proposal was not taken too well by the chair of the meeting , then Spain argued in a particularly loud and noticeably strongly vocal manner, “Spain (my country) strongly believes if we contribute most financial support to the Hague’s highest court, that ought to give us and other countries feeding it financially MORE direct power over its decisions.” ((((((((((((((((((((((((( ((((((((((((((((((((((((( Instead of censoring the country representative from Spain for even bringing up this unjust, illegal and unfair judicial idea of bribery for international judicial verdicts and judicial appointments, all country representatives present in the meeting that day all treated the Spain proposition as a ”totally legitimate topic” discussed and debated it between each other for some time. I was quite shocked! The idea was "let's discuss it." "It's a great topic to discuss." Some countries agreed with Spain’s propositions while others did not. The point here is, bribery for judicial verdicts and judicial appointments was treated as a totally legitimate topic instead of an illegitimate topic which it is in the meeting that I attended in 2001 that day to establish the groundwork for a newly emergent international criminal court.)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) In particular., since "Spain" was so overtly unafraid in bringing up this topic of trading financial funding the ICC for influence over its future judicial appointments and verdicts in front of every other UN member state present that day at the UN, "Spain" must have already known by previous experience the topic of bribery was "socially acceptable" for conversation that day. They must have previously spoke about bribing the ICTY and ICC before in meetings; this is my take an international sociological honor student. SPAIN's diplomatic gesture of international justice insofar as, Serbia, in all of this is, disgusting morally! SPAIN HAS TAUGHT THE WORLD THE TRUE DEFINITION OF AN "INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT." I remind everyone, when I attended those ICC Preparatory Meetings in 2001, witnessing first hand the country plenipotentiary representatives present with me discussing so openly, trading judicial funding of a new international criminal court, for its direct judicial appointments and judicial verdicts, those same state powers were concurrently, those same countries and people were already simultaneously, funding the already established ICTY which was issuing at that time, arrest warrants for Bosnian Serbs under false primary diplomatic pretenses. The ICTY and ICC is just where it should be for once. Cornered and backed into and an international wall, scared like a cornered animal (and I bet it reacts in the same way a rabid cornered animal does too in such circumstances). (ICTY associates) http://picasaweb.google.com/lpcyusa/ViewMyHagueInternationalCriminalCourtPreparat oryDocumentsFromThe2001UnitedNations# (Evidence Against the ICTY) http://picasaweb.google.com/lpcyusa/DuringTheTrialOfRamushHaradinajIn2006TheHag ueWa Crimes Tribunal For The Former Yugoslav# (Documents: Hague war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has destroyed all material evidence about the monstrous KLA Albanian/KLA organ trade in Kosovo) I represented the state interests' of the Former Yugoslavia, in Darko Trifunovic absence in those meetings and I am proud to undertake this effort on Serbia’s behalf. ================================================================================== As totally immersed and interesting as I found the topics, the African ambassador seated found boring. I say this owing to noticing during the entire meeting he was merely doodling nonsensical pictures on some legal pad. I think that no one took more notes that day than me. I was especially interested in the interstate bickering about financing the international criminal court should and when it came about. Spain was particularly forceful in vocalizing its opinion that the countries giving the most monetary contributions to the court itself ought have more power over both its staffing and its innocent and guilty verdicts as well as judges appointed. My suspicions’ equally shared by scholars such as Noam Chomsky and former attorney general, Ramsey Clark were now fully justifiably confirmed. The court itself was a great travesty of justice and I was actually witnessing quarrels between countries insofar as controlling the courts judges and verdicts based on financial contributions rather than on law and true international justice.
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Explores how the first treaty-based UN international tribunal's judges innovatively applied the law to perpetrators of international crimes in one of the worst conflicts in recent history.
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