Geopolitics

[DiEM25] US sanctions on ICC judges highlight pursuit of selective justice

"It is not justice the US defends, but control over where and how justice is applied. ...

"Justice, if it is to mean anything at all, cannot be a matter of convenience. And yet, it is precisely this convenience that defines our current world order. The powerful claim the moral high ground, using the language of human rights to justify their wars, while the powerless suffer in silence, labelled as extremists or collateral damage."

[DiEM25] US sanctions on ICC judges highlight pursuit of selective justice

"It is not justice the US defends, but control over where and how justice is applied. ...

"Justice, if it is to mean anything at all, cannot be a matter of convenience. And yet, it is precisely this convenience that defines our current world order. The powerful claim the moral high ground, using the language of human rights to justify their wars, while the powerless suffer in silence, labelled as extremists or collateral damage."

https://diem25.org/us-sanctions-on-icc-judges-highlight-pursuit-of-selective-justice/