Judge not
Saturday, 8th June 2002
Neil Clark says that the ICC and the human rights industry are making the world a more miserable and dangerous place
These are golden days for the international human-rights movement. Slobo is in the dock, the Rome Statute that provides for the setting up of the permanent International Criminal Court has been ratified by more than 50 nations, and the murderous antics of Messrs Sharon and Mugabe have seen thousands getting ready to light candles and fill in their application forms to join Amnesty.
Human rights are on the march and, if there is something of a triumphalist air about the recent pronouncements of prominent activists such as Elizabeth Andersen of Human Rights Watch, it is only to be expected.
While most sane people would share many of the leading human-rights groups' objectives - such as an international ban on landmines and an end to torture - there are nevertheless strong grounds for concern over the increasingly prominent role that organisations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are playing in international affairs.
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