URhulumente wase-US kufuneka aXhase uMthetho wamanye amazwe-ungawujongeli phantsi

NguBob Flax, ngoSeptemba 19, 2020

Lusuku olubuhlungu xa urhulumente wase-US ehlasela elubala umthetho wamanye amazwe awanceda ukuwenza. Kodwa olo suku lwafika ngoSeptemba 2, 2020 xa urhulumente wase-US wabhengeza ukohlwaywa kwamagosa aphezulu kwi-International Criminal Court (ICC). Isizathu? Amagosa ayebandakanyeka kuphando lwe-ICC malunga nolwaphulo-mthetho olunokwenzeka kwimfazwe ende e-Afghanistan ngabameli bawo onke amacala omlo, kubandakanya nabezomkhosi base-US kunye neearhente.

I-ICC yasekwa nguMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo ngo-1998. Ibe ligunya lezomthetho elaziwayo loluntu jikelele kwezokhuselo lwamalungelo oluntu kwaye inikwe uxanduva lokuphanda nokuzama abantu abatyholwa ngolwaphulo-mthetho olugqithisileyo, kubandakanya ukubulawa kwabantu, ulwaphulo-mthetho emfazweni, kunye nolwaphulo mthetho ubuntu.

Ngelishwa, emva kokutyikitya okokuqala umthetho waseRoma oseke iNkundla, i-United States iye yaba ngomnye wabatyikityo abane emva koko urhoxe phantsi kolawulo lukaGeorge W. Bush ngo-2002. Isizathu esachaziweyo yayikukuba amajoni ase-US ayakuba phantsi komthetho wamazwe-nangona amandla eliphi na ilizwe lokutshutshisa abemi bamanye amazwe abenza ubugebenga kumhlaba wabo ozimeleyo sisenzo esisemthethweni kunye nomnqophiso we-ICC ivumela i-ICC ukwenza olo tshutshiso.

Umthetho olawulayo ebutsheni balo nyaka uxela nabani na osebenza ne-ICC njengesaphuli-mthetho, evula indlela yamagqwetha, iijaji, abaphandi kunye nabasebenzi ukuba iiakhawunti zabo zebhanki zifriziwe, ii-visa zase-US zirhoxiswe, kwaye baye e-US bayaliwe. Kwanabemi base-US basengozini yokuthotywa ukuba "bayayixhasa" i-ICC.

Umtshutshisi oyintloko we-ICC uFatou Bensouda - obephanda ubugebenga bemfazwe obunokubakho kuwo onke amaqela kwimbambano yase-Afghanistan –ngowokuqala ukujongana nezohlwayo, i-US imtyhola yena ne-ICC ngokuzama “ukunika amaMelika igunya lawo” , kulindeleke ukuba eyona demokhrasi inamandla emhlabeni ilandele umthetho wamazwe aphesheya.

Igqwetha lamalungelo oluntu uKatherine Gallagher ubhengeze ukuba isenzo sikarhulumente wase-US ngokuchasene noBensouda "yinto engazange ibonwe ngaphambili" yokutshutshiswa komtshutshisi wezizwe ngezizwe ofuna ukunyanzelisa umthetho wamazwe. U-Balkees Jarrah we-Human Rights Watch ubize eli nyathelo “njengolwaphulo-mthetho olugqwethayo e-US, olucetyelwe ukohlwaya abo baphatha gadalala amalungelo kunye nabaphathi bezikhundla, ukujolisa kwabo batshutshisa ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe.”

Oko kujongwa yi-ICC e-Afghanistan kubambe iTaliban ithathe uxanduva lolwaphulo-mthetho oluninzi kwaye i-US iphendule ngokwaphula umthetho wamazwe aphesheya owatyikitywa yi-US. kuquka Ukuphathwa gadalala kakhulu, ingakumbi abantu abaselugcinweni. ”

Urhulumente wase-US ukhuthaze uphando lwe-ICC malunga nokuphathwa gadalala eBurma naseSyria, kwaye kutshanje usebenzise amalungelo oluntu njenge-cudgel ngokuchasene ne-China, i-Iran kunye ne-North Korea. Kodwa xa amehlo abaphandi ajonge eMelika, intsebenziswano iyaphela.

I-United States inako kwaye kufuneka yenze ngcono.

UBob Flax, Ph.D. nguMlawuli oLawulayo waBemi beziSombululo zeHlabathi kunye neLungu eliNgezelelweyo leFakhalthi kwiNkqubo yoTshintsho lwezeNtlalo kwiYunivesithi yaseSaybrook.