♪ >>> the 23i8 pooenz plans to formally challenge the territorial ambitions of china at a united nations tribunale two nations both claim sovereignty over disputed islands in waters in the south china sea. >> the philippines has been exchanging views with china to peacefully settle these disputes. to this day a solution is still elusive. we hope the arbiter proceedings shall bring the dispute to a durable solution. >> foreign secretary albert del rosario told reporters on tuesday his office summoned china's ambassador and informed her manila would seek arbitration. the two nations were engaged in a maritime standoff last year for more than two months around rich fishing grounds near the disputed scarborough shoal. china says almost the ebb tire south china sea is its territory. thphilippines coters that chioma's claim violates its sovereignty. the philippines has said repeatedly it wanted the dispute brought bv the tribunal. even so the challenge looks unlikely to go far. china's ambassador to the philippines, ma keqing, has issued a statement saying the dispute should be resolved through bilater

. >>> the philippines plans to formally challenge the territorial ambitions of china at a united nations tribunal. the two nations both claim sovereignty over disputed islands in waters in the south china sea. >> the philippines has been exchanging views with china to peacefully settle these disputes. to this day, a solution is still elusive. we hope that the arbital proceedings will bring the dispute to a durable solution. >> foreign second del rosario, and said that manila would seek arbitration. they have disputes over rich fishing grounds over the scarborough shoals. the philippines claim china is violating its sovereignty. they want the dispute brought before the tribunal. even so, challenge looks unlikely to go far. china's ambassador to the philippines has issued a statement saying the dispute should be resolved through bilateral dialog. authorities in beijing have refused to accept arbitration based on the u.n. convention on the law of the sea. >>> u.s. diplomats are trying to punish north korea for firing off a rocket last month they presented a draft lest solution to the u.n. security c

united nations security council particular the western powers. no of course not and what we've already seen from those ad hoc tribunals is that the last thing that they deliver is impartial justice and the notion that somehow well there's nothing really wrong with it or that this is a baby steps towards the final goal is an absurdity i mean we've seen in the i.c.t. why. only the so. have been indicted and convicted and whereas the nato allies are largely been either not been indicted or how do we know are they really there which is now at the end i could let me finish please let me finish at the i.c.c. we have already seen the same thing happening where gaddafi was indicted arrest warrants issued there's been no investigation into the crimes committed by gaddafi adversary there's been no investigation into the murder in captivity of gaddafi and there's been no investigation of the war crimes committed by nato and in. all of them have been indicted so it's already clear that it's not at all the minister in any kind of impartial justice warrant you want to jump in go ahead this is crosstown. well first of all the one thing was there was just a fac

countries now backing a plan set to be presented to the united nations security council, referring members of the assad regime to the war crimes tribunalgue in the nether hands. conner powell is live with more. conner? >> that letter will officially go to the u.n. security council on monday and if the u.n. security council refers it to the international criminal court, members of the syrian government and the syrian rebel leadership could all be charged with war crimes, persecutions and prosecutions, tenning on what this court finds. it isn't really a solution to the violence today. it's more a threat of action rather than something that will end the fighting today, which is continuing across all of syria. we are -- we understand we are hearing from rebels in the north part of syria that the fighting there, they have been able to take control of a air base that was a syrian military air base that had been used to launch attacks on rebels and on civilians in the northern part of syria. rebels now, they say they control it and they've managed to capture everything from tanks and rocket launchers to helicopters. most importantly, rebels s

united nations -- the united states air force serious violations of the laws of war during the bombing campaign in kosovo and yugoslavia. they brought these charges before un-sponsored international tribunalfor the saudia, which uses protocol one as its spears amnesty international decried as a secular to give warning to bombing. human rights complaint the u.s. air force was too concerned with ensuring pilot safety. these are american lawyers complaining about the air force. too worried about the safety of american service members. people talk about global rules here this is also an example of transnational politics. so these violations of the law during the afghan war. also american western human rights watch, amnesty international church americans as war crimes once again, bringing to the criminal court from which the u.s. is not a member and doesn't recognize them on the basis of protocol one rules. when someone says you followed the non-convention, you have to know the traditional rules we see in these movies are refit the new rules of 1977, which privilege terrorists. so what we've just described her transnational, waging what we call love affair against liberal democracy. l'affaire

africa ok but george the united nations security council particularly western powers won't let that happen. no of course not and what we've already seen from those ad hoc tribunals is that the last thing that they deliver is impartial justice and the notion that somehow well there's nothing really wrong with it or that this is a. final goal is an absurdity that . big ation into the murder in captivity of gaddafi and there's been no investigation of the war crimes committed by nato and in the end in the case of the ivory coast again the i.c.c. jumped in issued an arrest warrant for the person that was toppled thanks to french intervention in the ivory coast but the people who are now in power in the ivory coast who even the prosecuting him self had said that they had committed crimes none of them had been indicted so it's already clear that it's not at all the ministering any kind of impartial justice and once you want to jump in go ahead this is crosstown. well first of all the one thing was there was just a factual claim being made that the only persons that were indicted before the international criminal tribunal for yugoslavia were serbs and that's simply i m