University of Windsor Prof: Russia/Georgia Is Like USA/Iraq

[The Jurist] And, as Georgia is a party to the International Criminal Court, there is a territorial link to the court’s jurisdiction which may ultimately result in indictments against individuals. Like Iraq in 2003, this conflict represents a blow to the rule of law in international affairs. However, with international insistence on state responsibility and individual criminal accountability the issue does not have to end when the violence in Georgia (ongoing apparently despite pledges to the contrary) does.

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