Brian Finucane
@BCFinucane
Senior Adviser, US Program, @CrisisGroup. Non-Resident Fellow @RCLS_NYU. Editor @Just_Security. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| IHL| War Crimes
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https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/people/brian-finucane 30-04-2021 19:10:40
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“The ICC is not making some claim of equivalence, but is in fact holding both sides in this current war to the same standard. Yes, democratically elected officials can commit war crimes. We can’t only apply international law when it’s convenient.” - Bernie Sanders
Pleased to speak with Matt Galloway on The Current on CBC Radio this morning about the ICC prosecutor's application for arrest warrants against Hamas leaders and Israeli officials and the response by the US government.
cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
Plenty of distortions in this The Wall Street Journal op-ed, but worth noting in particular that the law of war does in fact apply both to 'the death squad and the bomber pilot.'
That's not equivalency, but application of the law to all parties to a conflict.
wsj.com/articles/inter…