it is called by many african states, the international caucasian court, not criminal court.hat will come of this is unclear. it is possible the two use theor will palestine case to demonstrate that not only africans are prosecuted as a way of demonstrating that she is going to break the president. i myself have contacted her of the ongoing process. and what happened in 2014, which i discuss at length in my book, is part of the investigation. and people know her and have about myusiastic manuscript have also contacted her. want to make one point. of course, an investigation would be a good thing. of course, an investigation is warranted. however, we have to bear in mind the palestinians have won many important political and legal victories. in 2004, the international court of justice found in favor of the palestinians across the board. then there was the goldstone report, which is another important victory. the problem is not the palestinians lack in political and legal victories. the problemm is ththe palestinin leadership, or so-called leadership, has never translated the l

the united states isn't signed up to the international criminal court, and that's not all. sent for trial at the icc, us authorities are allowed to use all means necessary to free them. that could, in theory, mean military action. the icc prosecutor is also asking to investigate allegations of abuse by afghan officials. perhaps the most high—ranking alleged offender was general abdul rashid dostum. the current vice president has been dogged by claims of human rights abuses for decades. he is currently in turkey in de facto exile after one particularly grim allegation. in late 2016, ahmad ishchi, a political rival of dostum's, says he was beaten and sodomised on his orders. dostum refused to appear in court in afghanistan. ishchi believes the icc should now step in. dostum denies any wrongdoing. his spokesman says ishchi was never raped. the judges of the international criminal court still need to decide whether to authorise a formal investigation, let alone level charges. but this is a country where people are desperate for some kind of accountability after years of violenc

like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer me to the international criminal court in the hague but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and we is not a signatory getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port. the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago. they say they heard gunshots inside the house as they were drunk the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside is the soldiers look at the front door behind them and set their home on fire. al-jazeera from the refugee camp run with the. a train derailment in italy has left at least two people dead and dozens injured as happened in be able to tell oh in the province of the land the train which was full of commuters came off the tracks in the morning rush hour these are live pictures from the sc

form of brutal colonialism can no longer be accepted and therefore we have to go to the international criminal court we have to go to the international court of justice we have to join organizations and accede to charters and conventions that would protect us from the one hand count the us president donald trump has said he will cut u.s. aid to the palestinians if that happens there will be an economic impact this factory produces extract of olive leaf tablets and he's part of a multi million dollar project to encourage enterprise in jericho the occupied west bank the factory was set up in this industrial zone with japanese investment without it it wouldn't have been successful for the operations manager here it shows that there are alternatives to the u.s. for example the issue for me is. just in helping. me. once is complete and this japanese funded industrial zone will house around five thousand workers and that's going to have a positive impact not just a locally but across the palestinian territories now if you speak to palestinians what will tell you is oftentimes foreign aid unlike u.s. aid c

after decades of horrific violence in afghanistan, the international criminal court is considering ae elusive in this war—torn country? they don't want what is sometimes called low hanging fruit, basically, that the foot soldiers who carry out but don't direct the nasty activities. you have to do apprehend those people, and that is not so straightforward. and should we acquire exquisite consent before six? we will speak to a barrister about what consent is, and how best to get it. hello there. has outsourcing had its day? for decades now, it has been a mantra within government, that virtually any activity is best put out to the market — running trains, prisons, construction projects, anything. for a long time, some have thought that the private contractors coin it in, at the expense of the workers, and the taxpayers. but the news that a huge private contractor, capita, has had to make a profit warning, and has seen its share price plummet today, weeks after carillion went bust, raises the question — does sub—contracting work for anybody at all? capita is in a different place to caril

do next they want to internationalize this occupation this conflict and take it to the international criminal courts to the international court of justice to the united nations so it's likely that the strategy now will be one that takes away the u.s. puts the u.s. firmly on the side of israel rather than being an honest peace broker in the palestinians try and take as international more than one point four million afghans are expected to lose the right to stay in pakistan in the coming hours after the government said it will no longer extend their refugee status their legal status officially expired on december thirty first but the pakistani cabinet extended their stay by one month sam i spent the last thirty five years living in pakistan pakistan says it has placed safeguards for the dignified return of. afghan nationals by preparing their a lists and identifying refugee hosting areas afghan officials say not enough is being done last year four hundred thousand refugees have gone back under the voluntary return program but one hundred thousand of them were turned to pakistan saying the afghan gover

they're always taking this internationally and i going to places like the international court of justice the international criminal court the united nations and really trying to build on the one hundred twenty eight countries that voted against the move of the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and the recognition that jerusalem was the capital of israel so it's about taking this internationally now there's a strategy that the palestinians are putting in place the p.l.o. in the palestinian authority or all talking about where they move now also there is this drive sort of unity a unity government and more unification between all of the various different factions to rally around jerusalem so those are really likely the scenarios that the palestinians are going to put forward but all of this doesn't involve the u.s. ok emraan khan live for us in ramallah emraan thank you now ross a terrifying cold as a republican political strategist at the advisory firm d.c. international who joins us from hong kong we appreciate your time very much so let's just talk. about a few of the things as far as foreign policy that preside

form of brutal colonialism can no longer be accepted and therefore we have to go to the international criminal courtwe have to go to international court of justice we have to join an organization. accede to charters and conventions that would protect us on the one hand count the u.s. president donald trump has said he will cut u.s. aid to the palestinians if that happens there will be an economic impact this factory produces extractive all of leave tablets and he's part of a multimillion dollar project to encourage enterprise in jericho the occupied west bank the factory was set up in this industrial zone with japanese investment without it it wouldn't have been successful for the operations manager here it shows that there are alternatives to the u.s. for example the issue for me is. just in helping. me. once is complete and this japanese funded industrial zone will house around five thousand workers and that's going to have a positive impact not just a locally but across the palestinian territories now if you speak to palestinians what will tell you is oftentimes foreign aid unlike u.s. aid comes

have been calling for a while now in the un security council to refer me and more to the international criminal court in the hague but i mean more is not a signatory to the rome treaty so even if the un security council word to refer me and more to the i.c.c. would that make any difference. well it would make a difference because actually that referral from the u.n. security council is the only way you can get a non ratifying state like burma to the i.c.c. we have been calling for this all along we've demanding that there be international criminal justice in this case because it's quite clear that both the myanmar military and the civilian government are more inclined to cover things up than actually prosecute individuals who are responsible for these atrocities but where we think that the security council shouldn't just stop there where we've been calling for a global embargo on arms to the burmese military and we're also calling for targeted sanctions to be put on specific individuals who are determined to have played a leading role in the atrocities and the crimes against humanity against the rohi

the international criminal court is finally investigating some of the abuses that the americans carried out in afghanistan and perhaps later in kuantan them and it's an unprecedented move so to be saying that at a time when this investigation is taking place that i'm going to keep quantum open is an affront to the very notion of justice trump says guantanamo is needed to keep terrorists behind bars presumably to keep innocent people safe i mean putting all the abuses to one side considerable as they are does it do this does it keep terrorists behind bars. well let's look at the facts in the statistics there were about seven hundred seventy nine prisoners held in guantanamo at its height of those the vast majority have been released and forty one remained so the question is that if they were if they including me were so dangerous why were we released the fact is that nobody was charged with a crime amongst those who were released and nobody was prosecuted. in fact the one or two people in guantanamo who may have been responsible for something connected to nine eleven were water boarded a

fighter there are the definition of what is a crime it's very very fluid and you have the international criminal court which is supposed to prosecute war criminals and it hasn't actually prosecuted very many war criminals so. lots of countries of append to right nor. that ledge to pieces in the interests of the of the national interest now we have in the in that u.n. security council they they have they imposed sanctions that are legal in forcible and nations are required to impose impose them but you know you have veto powers by the u.s. china u.k. france who can use those b. two powers to protect their friends now those veto powers and the u.n. security council is the main venue where real sanctions can be imposed on its own states for doing things that will disapprove of and unless the u.n. security council is going to impose a a arms embargo on saudi arabia. all those other treaties are of you know you call them second order issues they are moral indignation but they they have they don't have the same impact under international law now. in the case of iraq. you know they had arms embargoes imposed

doll for al bashir is accused of committing war crimes in the western oil rich region the international criminal court issued a warrant for his arrest in two thousand and nine but he's remained free it sanctions were imposed for years and were only lifted last year they're partly to blame for the worsening economy as prices have risen the value of the currency the sudanese pound has fallen or we spoke to a number of sudanese government representatives about coming on to the program to put the sudanese government point of view but none would accept our invitation so let's join our guests for today from khartoum his mohammed is the director of justice africa that's an advocacy organization and research institute to campaign for human rights and social justice across africa also in cuts by skype is better again sala has a protester also a student at the university of khartoum gentlemen welcome to you both better david start with you you're currently as i understand it we saw you in our report a few moments ago you're currently in hiding from the police tell us why what's happened to you and your friends.

like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer me to the international criminal court in the hague. but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and myanmar is not a signatory getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were dragged the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside as the soldiers look the front door behind them and set their home on fire. al-jazeera to follow refugee camp and with their fish. the un's aid coordinator for gammon says that he's leaving the role jamie mcgoldrick has served in the position for two years he announced his resignation just two days off the un's top negotiator given also step down its own who'll take over the p

persons like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer to the international criminal court in the hague. but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and is not a signatory getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto. china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were dragged the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside as the soldiers lock the front door behind them and set their home on file. al-jazeera to follow refugee camp on with their. and without is there much want to tell you about the program we're looking at a scale of homelessness in britain. on a thought about life in paris where the city is on flood alerts as the river thing continues to rise. and i was getting hotter and hotter in the

like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer me to the international criminal court in the hague. but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and we is not a signatory getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago. they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they would drive the way. they say their mother father and three siblings were inside is the soldiers look at the front door behind them and set their home on fire chance transferred al-jazeera from a refugee camp and with the. as a growing sense of anticipation of the world economic forum in davos now that u.s. president of trump has arrived he has brought his america first agenda to the summit which is attended by hundreds of politicians and business leaders from

like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer me to the international criminal court in the hague but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and we is not a signatory getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were dragged away. they say their mother father and three siblings were inside is the soldiers look the front door behind them and set their home on fire chance transferred al-jazeera to the refugee camp and with their. accordant brazil has upheld a conviction against former president enough to silver for corruption and money laundering it's a major setback for his plans to run again for the presidency but he insisted he will seek reelection in october that is o

and internationalize the conflict what do they mean by that they want to take it to the international criminal court they want to take it since articles of justice to the united nations they want to stop the u.s. from being a partner in peace a peace broker because as i said earlier they don't believe in them anymore so there's that aspect of it but there's also the financial aspect of it this will be more of what does what does next and they have done this in the past is to look to other countries to make up the shortfall in funding for the shortfall is massive already we're hearing that the shortfall for iraq in two thousand and seventeen may be around something like one hundred thirty two million dollars and deficit so they need to find a large amount of money where is that going to come from likely to be the gulf states likely to be other donors likely to be the e.u. but there is donor fatigue there are so many conflicts on the planet the donors to be asked to give money to him pledge money to that it's likely that any more money that the palestinian unroll one the palestinian refugees is just g

like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer me to the international criminal court in the hague. but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the room statute and me is not a signatory. getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral on the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago. they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were drugged the way. they say their mother father and three siblings were inside is the soldiers look at the front door behind them and set their home on fire. stratford al jazeera the refugee camp one with the. people fleeing the east of democratic republic of congo say they escaping a surge in rapes killings and abductions by armed groups the u.n. says more than ten thousand people have arrived in neighboring uganda since the beginning of december others a

persons like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer to the international criminal court in the hague but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and is not a signatory getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were dragged the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside is the soldiers' lot the front door behind them and set their home on fire chance transferred al-jazeera to the refugee camp and with their. in the footsteps of a ranger refugee it's a virtual reality offered from al jazeera dot com it is i would suggest one of the few ways you can actually get something of a feel for what it's like for the rangers they flee persecution in me and as yo

authority should do like that if airing all israel is responsible for settlements to the international criminal court this is. a step that was delayed too long and joining all you and other agencies and demanding that a condition of palestinian state that's at the tactical level strategically speaking if the world does not step in and pressure israel to stop killing the two state solution then we will have no option but to see ok we want one state solution ok very briefly just to interrupt you for a second very briefly basically saying that if you're basically saying that you have been betrayed after all slow should you address that question of betrayal not to donald trump but to bill clinton he signed off on the oslo accords that he pushed that's why we saw the israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin and arafat on the lawn outside the white house one major issue of the world keeps telling palestinians you should respect existing agreements and that applies to any government whether this government is the one that signed that agreement or not today the government of the united states not by clinton by a

statutory provision the palestinian authority tries to provoke investigations or action by the international criminal courtt the u.s. should cut off funding. a verdict on not. not sure why the camp administration has not appeared this is one of several reasons why funding the palestinian authority i think is not in america's best interest absent some dramatic change in the authority, which i see no evidence of happening. >> critics about with it would stabilize the authority to hamas as well as her some of the people on the ground. >> well, the authority has shown it is basically incapable of governing anyway. what the palestinians need is an alternative to the corrupt plutocracy and the terrorism represented by hamas, which is why to me having and egypt play roles is much more likely to actually benefit the palestinian people if anyone's paying attention to that. eric: a bold and brazen announcement and proposal by john bolton today for jordan to take over the west bank is part of all of east jerusalem basically in the palestinian authority. ambassador, always good to have you here every sunday. thank you

form of brutal colonialism can no longer be accepted and therefore we have to go to the international criminal court we have to go to international court of justice we have to join an organization. accede to charters and conventions that would protect us on the one hand count the u.s. president donald trump has said he will cut u.s. aid to the palestinians if that happens there will be an economic impact this factory produces extractable of leave tablets and he's part of a multimillion dollar project to encourage enterprise in jericho the occupied west bank the factory was set up in this industrial zone with japanese investment without it it wouldn't have been successful for the operations manager here it shows that there are alternatives to the u.s. for example this year for me is the sum of the interest in helping the students are going to meet their options once is complete and this japanese funded industrial zone will house around five thousand workers and that's going to have a positive impact not just here locally but across the palestinian territories now if you speak to palestinians what the