tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605495417463810012.post3918975815569831914..comments2024-03-06T10:16:40.696+00:00Comments on PhD studies in human rights: An Unappealing AppealWilliam A. Schabashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17552332133145290879noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605495417463810012.post-41173198351187191872009-03-15T15:17:00.000+00:002009-03-15T15:17:00.000+00:00Professor Schabas writes: "Had the Prosecutor been...Professor Schabas writes: "Had the Prosecutor been satisfied with an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity and genocide, it would probably have been granted within a month or two of his application, in July 2008."<BR/>The obvious question following from this is "Why did the Prosecutor foolishly push for genocide, against all serious advice?"<BR/>While a full reply to this question may never be possible, an attempt to understand the reason is to see the genocide claim as a publicity stunt and an attempt to prosecute the case, not before the Court, but before the press and the general public. <BR/>It is also reasonable to believe that there is a strong connection between the genocide claim and an event preceding the announcement by five days in July 2008. <BR/>On 9 July 2008 the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva published its judgment in a case directly and personally involving the Prosecutor. This judgment is available at the following URL: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/tribunal/fulltext/2757.htm. Anyone who reads this document, and in particular the judges Consideration 11, will understand why the Prosecutor desperately needed a public event that would overshadow these serious revelations about his own personal conduct.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051677985303838481noreply@blogger.com