Uhulumeni wase-US Kufanele Axhase Umthetho Wamazwe Omhlaba - Hhayi Ukuwubukela Phansi

NguBob Flax, Septhemba 19, 2020

Usuku oludabukisayo lapho uhulumeni wase-US ehlasela obala umthetho wamazwe omhlaba awusizile ukudala. Kodwa lolo suku lwafika ngoSepthemba 2, 2020 lapho uhulumeni wase-US ememezela unswinyo lwezomnotho olubhekiswe ezikhulwini eziphezulu ze-International Criminal Court (ICC). Isizathu? Lezi zikhulu bezibandakanya uphenyo lwe-ICC mayelana namacala ezimpi angenzeka ngesikhathi sempi ende e-Afghanistan ngabamele zonke izinhlangothi zalolu dlame, kubandakanya nabezempi base-US kanye nama-ejensi.

I-ICC yasungulwa yiNhlangano Yezizwe ngonyaka we-1998. Isibe yisiphathimandla sezomthetho esivunyelwe umphakathi womhlaba wonke ekuvikeleni amalungelo abantu futhi inikwe umsebenzi wokuphenya nokuzama abantu abasolwa ngamacala amakhulu, okubandakanya ukuqothulwa kohlanga, ubugebengu bempi, nobugebengu obenziwa ubuntu.

Ngeshwa, ngemuva kokusayina okokuqala iSitatimende SaseRoma esasungula iNkantolo, i-United States isibe ngomunye wabasayine kuphela ukuhoxisa kamuva ngaphansi kokuphathwa kukaGeorge W. Bush ngo-2002. Isizathu esanikezwa ukuthi amabutho ase-US ayengaphansi komthetho wamazwe omhlaba — yize noma yiliphi izwe lishushisa abantu bakwamanye amazwe abenza ubugebengu enhlabathini yabo eyinkosi kuwumkhuba osemthethweni kanye nesivumelwano se-ICC nje ivumela i-ICC ukwenza lokho kushushiswa.

I-oda ephezulu ekuqaleni konyaka imemezela ukuthi noma ngubani osebenza ne-ICC njengesigebengu, evulela indlela abameli, amajaji, abacwaningi, kanye nabasebenzi ukuthi ama-akhawunti abo asebhange afriziwe, ama-visa ase-US ahoxiswe, bese eya e-US enqatshiwe. Ngisho nezakhamizi zase-US zibeka engcupheni unswinyo uma “zisekela ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo” i-ICC.

Umshushisi omkhulu we-ICC uFatou Bensouda - obephenya amacala ezimpi angavela ezinhlangothini zonke ezingxabanweni zase-Afghanistan – manje ungowokuqala ukubhekana nalezi zigwegwe, lapho iMelika imsola yena ne-ICC ngokuzama “ukunika abaseMelika igunya lalo” - lokho , ngokulindela ukuthi intando yeningi enamandla kunayo yonke emhlabeni ilandele umthetho wamazwe omhlaba.

Ummeli wamalungelo abantu uKatherine Gallagher umemezele ukuthi isenzo sikahulumeni wase-United States sokulwa noBensouda "sasingakaze sibonakale" lapho kufakwa khona "unswinyo olubhekiswe kumshushisi wamazwe omhlaba ofuna ukuphoqelelwa umthetho wamazwe omhlaba." UBalkees Jarrah we-Human Rights Watch ubize lesi senzo "njengokuhlanekezelwa okumangazayo kwezijeziso zase-US, ezihlelelwe ukujezisa abahlukumeza amalungelo kanye nabaphathi bezikhundla, ukuze kubhekiswe kulabo abashushisa amacala ezempi."

Lokho i-ICC ekubhekayo e-Afghanistan kubambe iTaliban icala ngamacala amaningi kanti ne-US izolandisa ngokwephula kwayo umthetho wamazwe omhlaba owasayinwa yiMelika. okubala "Ukuhlukunyezwa okukhulu, ikakhulukazi kubantu abagcinwe esitokisini."

Uhulumeni wase-US ugqugquzele uphenyo lwe-ICC mayelana nokuhlukunyezwa eBurma naseSyria, futhi muva nje usebenzise amalungelo abantu njengomkhankaso wokulwa neChina, i-Iran neNorth Korea. Kepha lapho amehlo abaphenyi ebheke eMelika, ukubambisana kuyaphela.

Izwe laseMelika lingenza futhi kufanele lenze kangcono.

UBob Flax, Ph.D. unguMqondisi oMkhulu weCitizens for Global Solutions kanye neLungu le-Adjunct Faculty kuTransformative Social Change Programme eSaybrook University.