The Netherlands is reportedly working with the US on proposals that could significantly weaken the powers of the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to anonymous sources cited by The Rights Forum.
The Dutch organisation reported that proposed restrictions under discussion include granting immunity to heads of state, ending the court’s jurisdiction over nationals of non-member states and limiting its jurisdiction in cases covered by national law.
Legal sources told The Rights Forum that the proposed changes would effectively dismantle the court’s ability to prosecute certain international crimes.
This strongly reeks of propaganda…
The Dutch government has no say over the ICC, it merely hosts a location like an embassy.
According to another article which was also posted to Lemmy The Netherlands is negotiating with the US because of threatened sanctions.
The reason the Netherlands is said to be negotiating on this matter are the sanctions imposed by the US against thirteen judges and prosecutors, and against the ICC as a whole. This was done primarily in retaliation for the Court’s investigation into Israeli crimes in Palestine, and the resulting arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. The undermining of the International Criminal Court by the US and Israel has now been going on for almost twelve years.
The Court has been on the US sanctions list since 9 October. However, a number of sanctions will not come into force until 7 April 2027. These would largely paralyse the institution, leaving the European Union with virtually no choice but to activate the far-reaching blocking mechanism. This law obliges European parties to disregard US sanctions and to continue supplying services and goods to the Court and its staff.
The EU, and EU countries like the Netherlands, are, however, reluctant to activate the mechanism due to the consequences it could have for European businesses. For instance, European banks that disregard the US sanctions might find it much more difficult to do business in the US – or could face sanctions themselves.
That’s completely false. For example, they are supposed to protect the ICC and the ICJ, but the ICC prosecutor was threatened by Israel and the Netherlands did nothing about it.
And when asked about this latest threat, they didn’t deny it
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dutch-foreign-minister-declines-rule-out-talks-curbing-icc-powers
Dutch person here. BS story. Anonymous ‘sources’ should stop fabricating lies.
I mean, if I tell the world that back in the days the VOC colonized far-off planets with our flying-dutchmen space flotilla that no-one knows about, that would just about have the same amount of ‘truth’ to it.
Wow You trust a politician over a journalist. Amazing.
But also they asked the politician and the politician didn’t deny it. So you are the person lying here. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dutch-foreign-minister-declines-rule-out-talks-curbing-icc-powers
Not true. An MP read this news also and questioned the government. The official reaction of the Dutch government is: incorrect news, there is no active negotiation with USA. Also, the Netherlands is only a member state, ICC is -although its court is in the Hague- not Dutch.
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Governments and Companies everywhere are easily bought
Damn Dastardly Dutch.
I hate two things in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Bloody Dutch.
In all fairness, the Dutch are intolerant bastards, so you are not wrong.
Source: am Dutch.
Doe normaal eh?
all fairness, the Dutch are intolerant bastards, so you are not wrong.source: am Dutch.
Sounds to me that your soruce is pretty intolerant.
You must be Dutch alright/s
