The whole Kony 2012 story is living a life of its own. I'm not commenting on the latest turns. However it has raised awareness. Of what? Well I'm sure this depends on the person taking interest on the film and its sidekicks.
Would I have clicked myself on the web pages of International Criminal Court without this fuss? Guess not.
The court is located at The Hague, Netherlands. And unlike one might think it has nothing to do with the United Nations, whose International Court of Justice just happens to be in The Hague as well. ICC is supposed to be the answer for internationally acknowledged crimes and we're talking here worst of the worst. All that takes place in ICC is based on the Rome Statute whick if I may add is some hardcore stuff. I mean the text defines things like genocide.
ICC began its work in 2002. Despite the horrible history of the 20th century it took all this time for 60 countries to ratify the Roman Statute. However many never quite made it. These include the US, China, Russia, Iran and several many more.
Being a simpleton I have to ask. What use is there with a court such as this if everyone's not involved? Even bigger is the question that now many are vowing to capture a criminal who is being made famous and so contribute on bringing him infront of this court. These very same people wouldn't do it for their countrymen.
Another rather astonishing fact is that the current cases in ICC concern countries such as Uganda, Sudan, Kenya.. So no terrible crimes outside Africa?
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