"Convinced, therefore, that
national and international measures must be taken for that
purpose with a view to securing jointly, in the interests of
the victims of violations, observance of the right to know
and, by implication, the right to the truth, the right to
justice and the right to reparation, without which there can
be no effective remedy against
the pernicious
effects of impunity, ..."
Pernicious: "Exceedingly harmful and
implying irreparable damage done through
evil or insidious corrupting or
undermining
..."
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Principles
for the protection and promotion of human rights by
Gilbert & Sullivan Thu May 21, 2009
20:30
The Bush, Blair, Obama,
Ahern, Cowan and Murphy
Chorus:"Here's a
first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity"
(repeated endlessly and shamelessly).
The
International Law
Chorus:"Considering that the
duty of every State under international law to respect and to
secure respect for human rights requires
that effective measures
should be taken to combat impunity, ..." (From
document titled
"Updated Set of principles for the
protection and promotion of human rights through action to
combat impunity" at
http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/impu/principles.html
)
Also from the document at the above
location:
"Convinced, therefore, that national and
international measures must be taken for that purpose with a
view to securing jointly, in the interests of the victims of
violations, observance of the right to know and, by
implication, the right to the truth, the right to justice and
the right to reparation,
without which there can be
no effective remedy against the pernicious effects of
impunity, ..."
From
Wikipedia (at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impunity
):
"Impunity is especially common in countries that
lack a tradition of the rule of law, suffer from
corruption or that have
entrenched systems of
patronage, or where the
judiciary is weak or
members of the
security forces are protected by special
jurisdictions or immunities."
From the
Guardian
Newspaper (at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/16/iraq.iraq
):
"The United Nations secretary general,
Kofi
Annan, declared explicitly for the first time last night
that the US-led war on Iraq was illegal."
So why is it
that none of the people responsible for starting and
sustaining this
ILLEGAL war -- now into its
7th year, and which has left hundreds of
thousands dead and injured -- have not been charged with any
crime whatsoever, so far?
The
United Nations
defines impunity as:
"the impossibility, de jure or de
facto, of
bringing the
perpetrators of violations to account (link to
recent
"Child Abuse
Reports" in the
Republic of Ireland) –
whether in criminal, civil, administrative or disciplinary
proceedings – since they are not subject to any inquiry that
might lead to their being accused, arrested, tried and, if
found guilty, sentenced to appropriate penalties, and to
making reparations to their victims."
People of The
World's
Chorus (repeated until human rights law is
responsibly abided by):"Shame on the
United
States of America, Shame on the
United Kingdom,
Shame on the
Republic of Ireland;
And Thanks to all
of the Protesters who keep on SHOWING THEM UP."
The
REAL criminals are still out there, and they are still
committing MAJOR crime with impunity: and,
most worrying of all, there
is still nobody (anywhere in the world it seems) who can
challenge them effectively through the courts of
law?
-- in spite of the mountains of human rights law now in
existence, but which is not being enforced.
The
lunatics really have taken control of the asylum it
appears.
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The above
text has been copied from the following
Indymedia
(Ireland) location:
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/92400#comment252149Backup
copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/IndyMediaIreland/21May2009/Post.htm#comment252149
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Global Cesspit of
Corruption, Crime, Cover-Ups, &
Impunity: "The Constitution has been
hijacked" (Registered letter to P.M. Brian Cowan T.D. dated
May 9th 2008):
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/PrimeMinisterCowen/9May2008/Email.htm=============================
For
future reference purposes a copy of the above
text was earlier today placed at the following
Internet
location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/DrAnneJeffers/22May2009/Email.htm
As can be seen at the "Dr Anne
Jeffers" Internet address immediately above, Republic of
Ireland Prime Minister
Brian Cowen TD, and First
Minister of Northern Ireland
Peter Robinson MP, MLA
were among those the e-mail in question was copied to.
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Human Rights
(Ireland)
http://www.humanrightsireland.com=============================
