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Sergey Vasiliev
@sevslv
International criminal law, international courts, transitional justice, rule of law | Professor of international law @OU_Nederland | highly obscure bands
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Remarkable exchange yesterday in the 🇳🇱 Parliament between FM Berendsen and MPs over the ICC.
Long 🧵 (full exchange machine-translated, minor edits)
Judge for yourselves.
Minister Berendsen:
...Mitigating the consequences of the sanctions is a priority for the government.
Long 🧵 (full exchange machine-translated, minor edits)
Judge for yourselves.
Minister Berendsen:
...Mitigating the consequences of the sanctions is a priority for the government.
🚨 This concerns States' negotiating positions and the Dutch + others' openness to compromises. It could also be a diplomatic game to buy time. Meeting such demands would require major Rome Statute amendments re complementarity, jurisdicition, and immunities: a collective effort.
Disturbing report @TheRightsForum about 🇳🇱 bending over backwards to accommodate the Trump administration over the ICC. I hope it is untrue. Yet the report is based on reliable diplomatic sources in New York, speaking on condition of anonymity.View quoted post on X
rightsforum.org/en/diplomatic-…
Disturbing report @TheRightsForum about 🇳🇱 bending over backwards to accommodate the Trump administration over the ICC. I hope it is untrue. Yet the report is based on reliable diplomatic sources in New York, speaking on condition of anonymity.
rightsforum.org/en/diplomatic-…
rightsforum.org/en/diplomatic-…
rightsforum.org Diplomatic sources: ‘The Netherlands is negotiating the dismantling of the International Criminal...