travel ban an arms embargo and asset freeze and the referral of the regime forces to the international criminal court i think that was really the first because that was an opportunity to pursue a political solution to diplomatic leverage trying to bring in actors that are historically have close ties politically with the confusion to persuade to put out here and to look into an exit strategy to very thing that is today being explored could have been explored a month ago how can we get this regime out how to get them peacefully into exile in the same manner that an id and has seen a bite out of tunisia and egypt respectively were i should out of their countries and then think about accountability there is not really register. of crimes against humanity it's just a drop of what we've seen from kind of breaking to see continuing with his military action against his his own people do you think he would be in a position to have any negotiating do you think diplomacy would have actually worked bearing in mind the present state of. the country. well the reason i'm saying prior to that first pretty house res

report to the security council with the aim of referring both israel and hamas to the international criminal courtfor alleged war crimes perhaps we need to ask first and foremost if this puts all such reports into question especially when all sides don't participate in the findings or discuss with music or erekat human rights attorney activists an adjunct professor at georgetown university thanks so much for being here tonight thank you for having known for starters what goldstone did to this op ed is he didn't completely changed his stance i think a lot of people are misreading a little bit but he did say that he had a few reservations that perhaps it might have been a little different had there been the information that he knows now then what is it that he knows now so what also ended in his op ed was that he left it very very very open to interpretation and that's why you see these israel to the running with that in saying the thinking it all back you see palestinians think that he is about them but human rights practitioners can read into it and see where he's actually mean teams many of his o

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fight off the forces of colonel gadhafi but britain is already facing accusations from the international criminal court over the weapons sold to libya it believes he was planning to use force to crackdown on protesters long before the uprising began in the u.k. was its main arms provider artie's lore and it has more from london. security forces put down on rest in the middle east with rubber bullets tear gas and other nation and they've got plenty the u.k. was still selling arms to libya just four months before colonel gadhafi turned on his own people the government ministers approving a deal for sniper rifles bullets take out. very very strict set of guidelines that say where where it is likely human rights violations might say place you're not supposed to sell the weapons and i would say looking back through a number of credible sources including amnesty international but it was always likely always very very likely the equipment supplied to colonel gadhafi would and could be used in the brutal crackdown of support for test. arms exports is big business in the u.k. valued at nearly twelve billion dol

see it you see a regime like a dark piece and we've heard about we've heard talk of the international criminal court we've talked we've heard the issues about human rights violations war crimes what what reason does khadafi and his clique have to really negotiate now or do you just fight to death i mean usually they have no initiative going to negotiate or even to surrender. i think you're missing the other factors in the dynamics what's happening is that you get that his grip loosening this this revolution started with peaceful demonstrations a definite chose to wage a war against those people and prevent them from demonstrating peacefully we are in the state where we are today but look what's happening now yesterday and today top . aides are jumping ship with a course of foreign secretary today only three acts foreign secretary you and voice now my desire you know the head of the parliament actively. dorda acts prime minister the head of the intelligence and others they're all jumping ship. and i can ask you a question about these defections you're going it's very interesting as we move forward do

you see it you see a regime like a da fees and we've heard about we've heard talk of the international criminal court we'll talk with her the issues about human rights violations war crimes what reason does gadhafi and his clique have to really negotiate now or do you just fight to the death for me nudie they have no initiative now to negotiate or even to surrender i think you're missing other factors in the dynamics what's happening is that. gaddafi is. loosening this revolution started with peaceful demonstrations get that close to wage a war against his people and prevent them from demonstrating peacefully we are in the state where we are today but look what's happening now yesterday and today top public at that the aides are jumping ship course our foreign secretary today i'll be taking x. foreign secretary you and boy. now the head of the parliament actively. dorda acts prime minister head of the intelligence and others they're all jumping ship what. can i can i ask you a quick question about these defections you're going it's very interesting as we move forward do you think do you think those m

see it you see a regime like a draftees and we've heard about we've heard talk of the international criminal court we've heard issues about human rights violations war crimes but what what reason just get half in his clique have to really negotiate now or do you just fight to death i mean they have no initiative down to negotiate or even to surrender. i think you're missing the other factors in the dynamics what's happening is that you get that his grip loosening this this revolution started to peaceful demonstrations get that it chose to wage a war against those people and prevent them from demonstrating peacefully we are in the state where we are today but look what's happening now yesterday and today. it's our jumping ship with our course our foreign secretary today only three x. four and secretary you and boy does the way you now the head of the parliament actively. dorda acts prime minister head of the intelligence and others they're all jumping ship what's in the sun can i can i ask you a question about these protections are going to it's very interesting as we move forward do you think do y

it is the international criminal court that will come to a few about it. >> with my right hon. friend agree with me that over the last few weeks not only have the eyes of much of the world been

tell the "times" that they're looking for a country which would turn gadhafi over to an international criminal court in the hague, if he is indicted for the bombing of pan am flight 103, or the atrocities inside libya. meantime, gadhafi remains defiant and insists he has no plan of leaving libya. >>> more ahead coming up on today in the bai. fancy cars, private chefs, all of it part of a day's work for silicon valley ceos, we take you to the corner office for the real scoop on the perks of the job for many bay area power players. >>> and they're loving it -- a major fast food chain serving up thousands of new jobs. >>> looking live at hp pavilion. you can see a bit of the gray shrouding san francisco this morning and shrouding parts of the south bay. rob >>> take a live look at our live camera there, chrissy field this morning, if you can see through the clouds, you can see that folks are wandering around, trying to get a little exercise, maybe playing a little bumper cars this morning. be careful if you're headed out there, the fog is very heavy in san francisco. from private jets to personal chefs

a referral to the international criminal court now seems likely, while the americans are weighing targeted sanctions against syrian officials, including the president's brother, mahar, a military commander. the french and italian leaders today called the situation unacceptable, and a u.n. resolution is in the works, calling for an independent investigation. with so many tanks and snipers now in deraa, that residents say they dare not recover dead bodies from the streets. >> brown: earlier this evening, i talked by phone with a human rights lawyer and activist in damascus, razan zaitouneh. thank you for joining us. you're in the capital damascus. what's the situation there? >> damascus is quiet. there is a lot of security everywhere especially at the entrance of the capital. there's check points, and the main crisis are in the countryside of damascus around damascus. all these areas are still surrounded, check points, entering and getting out with the i.d. duma is still... it is still cut off. more than 200 people got arrested only in duma. hundreds got arrested around the country. the cris

i think it's essential in the longer term, the international criminal court has not only a long reach but a long memory. >> so can i be clear, the nato allies are in agreement with key aims of the mission? are the arab league in agreement with those key aims? >> the arab partners who are with us are very clearly operating under the nato aims, under the nato rules, including the nato mission and nato command and nato targeting. and the aim of our contact group is to ensure that, as many of the country's in the region as possible come within the broader political umbrella of support. that is one of the ways in which we show that this is not the west, if you like, trying to impose a solution on libya. but this is a broader coalition of nations that sees that there is a people who want to be free, being brutally suppressed and the international community responding accordingly. i think it's one of the great achievements in libya that we have kept so many of the arab countries with us and that so many have been willing to become part and attend the contact group. >> are we at risk of a sta

i think it's essential in the longer term, the international criminal court has not only a long reach but a long memory. >> so can i be clear, the nato allies are in agreement with key aims of the mission? are the arab league in agreement with those key aims? >> the arab partners who are with us are very clearly operating under the nato aims, under the nato rules, including the nato mission and nato command and nato targeting. and the aim of our contact group is to ensure that, as many of the country's in the region as possible come within the broader political umbrella of support. that is one of the ways in which we show that this is not the west, if you like,ryin to impose a solution on libya. but this is a broader coalition of nations that sees that there is a people who want to be free, being brutally suppressed and the international community responding accordingly. i think it's one of the great achievements in libya that we have kept so many of the arab countries with us and that so many have been willing to become part and attend the contact group. >> are we at risk of a stalem

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and we're hoping that with a key role played by the army, the community will go into the international criminal court if the repression will continue, will be able to pressure them into accepting a transitional scenario and exit strategy. >> thank you. syria has had a powerful effect. and has always been for worse. such circumstances generally concentrate the mind. and they live -- lead to insight and clarity about what is going on in the neighboring situation. that has been true of many lebanese but i think it is true of our next speaker. who was a journalist originally from south lebanon and the new kind of journalist. the organization -- the organizer of the most important called nowlication called nell lebanon. >> it was created before the first friday of demonstrations in syria. >> it is often the case that you can find out what is going on in syria for what is going on in lebanon. >> definitely. thank you. >> unfortunately, lebanon and syria are linked to and cannot talk about lebanon without talking about syria. the link is obvious. watching has flaws reaction will .ell you and syria's allies

i think it is essential that in the longer term the international criminal court has not only a long reach but a long memory. >> so can i be clear, the allies are in agreement with the mission. are the arab league in agreement with those key aims? >> the arab partners who are with us are very clearly operating under the nato -- under the nato rules including the nato mission and nato command and nato targeting. and the aim of our contract is to insure as many of the countries in the region as possible come within the broader political umbrella of support. and that is, one of the ways in which we show that there is not the rest, if you like, trying it impose a solution on libya but this is a broader coalition of nations that sees that there is a people who want to be free being brutally suppressed and the international community responding accordingly. and i think it is one of the great achievements in libya that we have kept so many of the arab countries with us. and so many willing to come part and and -- [inaudible] >> are we at risk after stalemate between the libyan government an

the preferred libya in any crimes committed their against humanity and war crimes to the international criminal court. obviously the doubt about enforcement action, robust enforcement action run deep. yesterday's first expanded summit which includes along with china and russia 3e emerging democracies, brazil, india and south africa salles the brick expressed severe misgivings about the force in libya. so we are going to need to enhance the consultation and continue the dialogue obviously over the need for an first of 1973 failed to protect civilians. it is worth pointing out just how contested countries criticisms and actions are for the individuals within these emerging market democracies trying to shift the national narrative. brazillian president self political prisoner who experienced torture at the hands of the bridge of the cut brazilian military has been more outspoken than her predecessor on international human rights concerns. flexible she distanced herself last year from the comments political dissidents in cuba to the common criminals and upon taking office she pledged to criticize cuba fo

international community also, through sanctions, asset freeze, and potentially also going to the international criminal court if the oppression will continue, we will continue to accept a transitional scenario and an exit strategy. >> thank you. people have an exceptionally strong interest in what is happening in syria. syria has had for a very long time a powerful effect -- i could say for better or for worse, but it has been mostly for worse. such circumstances usually concentrate the mind and they generally lead to insight and clarity about what is going on in the neighboring situation. that has been true of many lebanese. i think it is the especially true of our next speaker. , a journalist originally from south lebanon -- our next speaker, a journalist originally from south lebanon. i forget whether you have an alternative site now. >> it is part of the same side, created just before the first friday of the demonstrations in syria. >> it is also a case that you can find out what is happening in syria from what is going on in lebanon. [laughter] she will be telling us both what is going on in syria and w

or are we going to try to get him out of libya and have him tried by international criminal court which has been mentioned. if that is the consequences he will never meet leave voluntarily. if getting colonel gaddafi out of libya is an objective, how are we going to accomplish that and tower we going to bring this to closure? i don't see how an ends. >> there are several alternatives. one is a member of his own family kills him or one of his inner circle kills him or the military fractures general schwartz was completely accurate when he said a no-fly zone alone would not be sufficient cause to get him out of power or meet our goals. as part of the humanitarian mission the degradation of his military forces does add something at a significant and different dimension to the no-fly zone. it is not just the fly zone alone. i would make one observation that nobody in this hearing has mentioned. there have been a lot of concerns expressed about consultation with congress but in its own way congress consulted with the president and this body that unanimously in a resolution called for the imp

or are we going to try to get him out of libya and have him tried by the international criminal court, which has been mentioned? if he knows that that's the consequences, he's never going to leave voluntarily. so how are we -- if getting colonel gadhafi out of libya a an objective, had you are we going to accomplish that and how are we going to bring this to closure? i just don't see how this ends. >> there are several alternatives. one is that a member of his own family kills him, or one of his inner circle kills him, or the military fractures, or the opposition with the degradation of gadhafi's military capabilities rising up again and is successful, because so much of his military has been destroyed. i think that general schwartz was completely accurate when he said that a no-fly zone alone would not be sufficient to get him out of power or to meet our goals, but i think that as part of the humanitarian mission, the degradation of his military forces does add something, add a completely -- a significant and different dimension to the no-fly zone. so it's not just the fly zone alone

community also through sanctions, travel bans, asset freeze and potentially also going to the international criminal court if the repression is going to continue will be able to pressure assad in accepting an exit strategy. >> the country and the people who has an exceptionally strong interest in what is going on in syria is the country and people of lebanon. for whom what goes on in syria has had for a very long time a powerful effect, i could say for better or worse, but it has always been for worse, more or less. and -- [inaudible conversation] >> such circumstances generally concentrate the mind. and they generally lead to insight and clarity about what's going on in the situation. that has been true of many lebanese but that is true of our next speaker, who is a journalist, originally from south lebanon and if i may say this as someone who is technologically challenged, the new kind of journalist, the most important web publication in lebanon today. and i forget whether you have an alternative site. >> it's part of the same site and it was created just before the first friday of demonstrations in syr

in danger, then obviously he is more likely to try to find a trip to venezuela or the international criminal court, or hopefully to meet stalin and hitler. but with a stalemate on the battlefield, i think would give anyone, particularly someone as maniacal as gaddafi is, hope and a strong desire to hang onto power, and i just cannot imagine that it would be in the region or american national security interest to see gaddafi -- a third great military power -- fight the united states and nato to a standstill. -- a third rate military power -- fight the united states and nato to a standstill. >> what i am advocating is a hope and what you are advocating is a strategy, but what i do not understand is how your strategy gets rid of gaddafi. how does it play out in your scenario? >> if we had declared a no-fly zone when the rebels were close to tripoli -- but that is over. i think, in the words of mr. bismarck, the issue will be decided by blood and iron. if the rebels are given sufficient support and help, i am confident that they can prevail. i am also confident that if you have this kind of back and f

on february 26th, which demand an end to violence and referred to the situation to the international criminal court while imposing a travel ban and assets freeze on the family of gadhafi and libyan government officials. rather than respond to the international community's demand for an end to violence, gadhafi's force continued their violence. with this imminent threat bearing down on them the peep of libya appealed to the world for help. gulf council and arab league called for establishment of no-fly zone. acting with nato, the arab world and african members of the security council, we passed resolution 1973 on march 17th which demanded an immediate cease-fire, including an end to the current attacks against civilians which said might constitute crimes against humanity, imposed a ban on all flights in the air flights and issued necessary measures to protect civilians and tighten sanctions on gadhafi's regime. as his troops pushed toward bengha benghazi, gadhafi defied the international community declaring we will have no mercy and no pity. based on his decade-long history of brutality we had littl

international community also, through sanctions, asset freeze, and potentially also goi to the international criminal court the oppression will continue, we will continue to accept a transitional scenario and an exit strategy. >> thank you. people have an exceptionally strong interest in what is happening in syria. syria has had for a very long time a powerful effect -- i could say for better or for worse, but it has been mostly for worse. such circumstances usually concentrate the mind and they generally lead to insight and clarity about what is going on in the neighboring situation. that has been true ofany lebanese. i think it is e especially true of our next speaker. , a journalis originally from south lebanon -- our next speaker, a journalist originally from south lebanon. i forget whether you have an alternative site now. >> it is part of the same side, created just before the first friday of the demonstrations in syria. >> it is also a case that you can find out what is happening in syria from what going on in lebanon. [laughter] she will be telling us both what is going on in syria and what is goin

was also a political disaster for the administration that did it, -- so things like the international criminal court, they are born to be very hard because and the u.s. we have set a way in which the u.s. populism could sit at aretable iwhen treaties ratified. and other countries that is not true. one needs to understand the forces and civil society and the levers they have to manipulate the policy process. then one needs to understand to see how things are beginning to change, how changes the greater democratization, with a country like india, the increasing transparency, the growing role of smaller parties in coalition, how is that changing the way -- the relationship of foreign policy to the rest of politics? this method of analysis is going to lead to more questions than answers. we are not really talking about science here, although it is an organized body of conjecture. we are hoping to find useful rules of thumb rather than laws. ultimately we need to think that as a profession we're hoping to inform intelligent individuals and intelligent public opinion, rather than coming up with this sort

and we can refer assad's regime to the international criminal court just as we did with qadhafi. we should also embrace the syrian opposition, the freedom fighters. i hope senior american officials will meet with prominent syrian dissidents who are here in washington now. i also urge the administration to speak out clearly in support of the syrian people who deserve praise for their courage as they risk their lives for freedom and human rights. they must know that the united states, still the beacon of liberty in the world, stands on their side. in the face of attacks by the syrian regime, syrian protesters have remained remarkably peaceful, just as the protesters in tunesia and egypt before them did. in the face of sectarian provocations by assad, the people of syria who are protesting have remained together, unified, giving a message of national unity. i know that some have suggested that we should hesitate before throwing our support to the syrian opposition, to the syrian people as they rise up, and this argument goes like this: bashir al-assad is the devil we know. we don't

on february 26th, which demand an end to violence and referred to the situation to the international criminal court while imposing a travel ban and assets freeze on the family of gadhafi and libyan government officials. rather than respond to the international community's demand for an end to violence, gadhafi's force continued their violence. with this imminent threat bearing down on them the peep of libya appealed to the world for help. gulf council and arab league called for establishment of no-fly zone. acting with nato, the arab world and african members of the security council, we passed resolution 1973 on march 17th which demanded an immediate cease-fire, includinan end to the current attacks against civilians which said might constitute crimes against humanity, imposed a ban on all flights in the air flights and issued necessary measures to protect civilians and tighten sanctions on gadhafi's regime. as his troops pushed toward bengha behazi, gadhafi defied the international community declaring we will have no mercy and no pity. based on his decade-long history of butality we had little cho

, also through sanctions, travel bans, asset freeze, and potentially also going to the international criminal court the repression is going to continue will be able to pressure the assad into accepting a scenario and exit strategy. >> thank you. >> as i mentioned in my opening remarks, a country and people that has an exceptionally strong interest in what is going on in syria is the country and people of lebanon. for whom what goes on in syria has had for a very long time, a powerful affect on -- i could say for better or worse. but it's always been for worse, more or less. but -- and such serves them -- >> foreign occupation. >> for such circumstances that generally concentrate come to mind. and they generally lead to insight and clarity about what's going on in the neighboring situation. that has been true of many lebanese, but, it is, i think, especially true of the next speaker hanin ghaddar. the new kind of journalist, the organizer, most important web publication in lebanon today, called "now lebanon." i forget if you have an alternative site, syria or -- >> it's part of the same site. and it

other on site we methods doesn't that open up to the united states to criminal condemnation in courts of law whether international law or or even u.s. courts and sort of the cash money too. but that's precisely correct i think we can step back and say these people were being held some of them under unconscionable circumstances and i think there was outrage in chair both at the pentagon and in the white house if it turns out they are innocent that's were they ask are we tortured someone who wasn't a part of it was just. that person's and two to three they under just the united states and the reputation of our u.s. program and i think we will get some of the intelligence analysts you see very. or in the west bank it's how much we eat bacon all right but it might help. with some fish in the beach or yeah it's about the story about people one of the things i wanted to ask you about i know you've spoken about this issue a sort of the international implications for the united states i mean if we continue to maintain this facility which has caused so much consternation abroad does this sort of undermine the entire syste

court in helsinki. i'm hearing has begun in the criminal case against me who is the founder and main editor of the website center this is a site that according to international law and most certainly according to russell falls into the category of terrorist propaganda that is not what this hearing is about. is accused of smuggling illegally individuals into finland some hundred people which he himself has said are militants here of course calls them freedom fighters charges for smuggling have also been brought against the brother of chechen terrorists show me all but. he was on the internationally most wanted list for many years. is the mastermind behind many terror attacks in russia including the best school siege and he was killed five years ago by russian security forces so prosecutors focusing on illegal immigration here are many critics wondering why it's being ignored that this man runs a site that spews propaganda about a man that has made it very clear that one of his main goals is to take as many russian lives as possible he may not look like a supporter of terrorism but. founded and runs this website. a propaganda mouthpiece for one of the world's

court. i hearing has begun in the criminal case against me or so who is the founder and main editor of the website cough cost center this is a site that according to international law and most certainly according to russell falls into the category of terrorist propaganda that is not what this hearing is about male sorceror is accused of smuggling illegally individuals into finland some hundred people which he himself has said are militants he of course calls them freedom fighters so prosecutors focusing on illegal immigration very many critics wondering why it's being ignored that this man runs a site that spews propaganda about a man that has made it very clear that one of his main goals is to take as many russian lives as possible he may not look like a supporter of terrorism but torture founded and runs this website said a propaganda mouthpiece for one of the world's most wanted terrorist and declared by the un to have links with al qaida don't go moreover it's responsible for some of russia's most horrific recent terror attacks in moscow metro blast and the dome of the head of the airport bombing which total killed almost eighty people and injured nearly th

just want him gone, whether it be chavez or meet hitler and stalin, or be in a criminal court -- is that? >> i think international community, every world leader has ascribed to a statement along the lines that gadhafi should leave libya. >> but a stalemate is not an acceptable solution? i think we learned that from the iraq experience after desert storm that sanctions and no-flies zones don't succeed. is that a lesson that we could draw from that experience? >> i think a stalemate is not in anybody's interest. >> thank you. is the united states at present providing defensive weapons to georgia or helping georgia acquire such weapons? >> sir, we are working with georgia in training their security forces -- >> i'm asking about -- >> and in terms of defensive weapons at this moment, we are not providing them high -- what i would term high end military defensive weapons. >> you know, it's hard for me to understand since the russians still occupy territory that is clearly georgian territory, and continue to threaten georgia, and yet we're not even giving them weapons with which to defend themselves. it is not presenca