Holding NATO Forces Accountable

This article isn't like the usual "structural" arguments I usually post except for one very interesting question it poses: Can NATO troops, not all of whose home countries are signatories to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), be held accountable if they commit a war crime while on duty in a signatory country? Given who is in NATO and who has signed the treaty, this would raise questions about Turkey and Good Ole USA (we used to be signatories, but guess who rescinded our signature?). I do think it is important to pursue crimes committed by everyone, and I applaud Moreno Ocampo, the prosecutor of the ICC, for going after brutal killings by the Taliban as well.

Prosecutor Looking Into War Crimes In Afghanistan: "

Luis Moreno Ocampo said he is collecting information for the International Criminal Court in The Hague about alleged crimes by both the Taliban and NATO forces. Taliban fighters have been accused of many brutal killings. U.S. forces have been accused of using excessive force and torturing prisoners.

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