Why Russia Was Right to Veto the Malaysian Boeing Tribunal
(In)Dependent Judiciary? A special tribunal on the Malaysian Boeing would be a step down the evolution ladder of international law. Today, ad hoc tribunals are obsolete and ineffective in the face of the permanent International Criminal Court in The Hague. By blocking the resolution, Russia might save international criminal justice from erosion and fragmentation. The initiative should not be raised in the United Nations Security Council again, but instead submitted to the ICC. One year after the MH-17 downing, Malaysia introduced ...
05.08.2015