So has Judge Garzon been suspended ? I remember his attempt at judging Pinochet as if Pinochet was the unique criminal in the overthrow of Allende. It seemed to me that it was up to the Chileans to deal with him, not some new Spanish Savanorola. Like its up to the British to judge Tony Blair.
I wonder where this thirst for "universal justice" comes from, other than that it furthers the careers and crusades of a class of zealous judicial activists. We Westerners, Christians, used to have a Just God, who punished the wicked, if not in this world, then in the next. We could count on it. No longer. That really bothers some of us. At least God had authority whereas this new Rome Treaty Tribunal has little. Who judges its judges? Behind our Supreme Court stands the Parliament, constitutionally with the authority of the people.
Now the ICC, at great cost, has had a conference on adding "agression" to their mandate. Since Nuremburg, agression has been the supreme crime but that didn't prevent the humanitarian bombing of ex-Yugoslavia nor the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
