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Speech On Ethnic Cleansing

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three million of people in South Sudan have been forced to leave their homes while others ten of thousand ended up dead due to ethnic cleansing policies between two different groups. Dinka against Nuer group. A crisis that correspond us to solve.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is completely against any policy that praise ethnic cleansing. Nevertheless we, as same as you, have not recognized this concept as an international crime and that is the reason why we can not intervene in the Arab-Palestine conflict for example. So in order to judge and take real actions against this crime first we have to identify it as one.

That’s why the Kingdom of the Netherlands proposes an amendment in Rome Statute article 5 and the International …show more content…

Ethnic cleansing as as international crime

We can not judge ethnic cleansing as a crime if we have not recognize it as one yet. That’s why the Kingdom of the Netherlands proposes an additive amendment in article five of Rome Statute, which is the legal base of the International Penal Court. And the International Humanitarian Law. In order to recognize ethnic cleansing as an international crime.
But what would be the definition of ethnic cleansing?

The one already established by the UN Commission of Experts on its final report, which state ethnic cleansing as a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic …show more content…

Because our constitution does not allow us to do it, we can not condemn acts taken by Israel against Palestine as genocide because it is a very hard crime to detect. And same happens with the other four international crimes under Rome Statute. So in order to take actions on the matter we need to call things by what they are and what is happening right now is ethnic cleansing, a crime is not recognized as one. That is why the Kingdom of the Netherlands proposes an amendment in Rome Statute article 5 and the International Humanitarian Law to address ethnic cleansing as the fifth international crime, By doing this all international judiciary organization such as the International Court of Justice will be able to trial crimes under ethnic cleansing jurisdiction. Therefore UN will have be able to intervene into the arab - palestinian

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