Erin Brockovich: the bad employee

"I was working in the compressor.

The supervisor calls me up to the office and says:

"We'll give you a shredder...

...and send you to the warehouse to shred the documents we stored."

He say why?

Nope. And I didn't ask.

Did you look at the stuff you destroyed?

It was a lot of dull vacation schedules and stuff.

Then there were memos about the holding ponds, the water in them.

And readings from the test wells, stuff like that.



"You were told to destroy those?



That's right.

Course, as it turns out...

...l wasn't a very good employee."



This is Charles Embry the employee that provided the incriminating documents that was used as proof that PG&E had previous knowledge that the water was contaminated.

The corporation payed $333 million settlement to the victims, the largest direct action lawsuit in U.S. history.

Let's not forget that the woman who gathered all the information was not a lawyer.



Erin Brokovich, the movie is based on a true story, keeps working and surely needs some bad employees because her cases are not welcome by corporations who pay a lot of money to put her work in discredit.

ICC issued warrant of arrest for Kony in 2005

I believe they forgot about it. ICC only cares about crimes committed in Africa but it is so incompetent and biases that fail to handle serious issues.

Source: International Criminal Court's site.

A little prayer for justice

A picture I took at Second Life last year at the house a had.

I dedicate it to all of those who are fighting for justice.

Alert: Fragile, handle with care

Obama: the Nobel Peace prize wanted to be impeached

Right: Obama singing the NDAA, December, 31, 2011

Left: Obama receiving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Foundation has already destroyed part of it's credibility because of some of their laureates and has changed the Alfred Nobel's, the man who made his fortune by patenting dynamite and 355 inventions, ideal of a peace prize for those who did "greatest benefits on mankind":

"Alfred said that this prize should be awarded to the person who in the following year has done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." (emphasis added)

Obama took the prize, the money but not even in 2009 fraternity between nations, abolition or reduction of standing armies and promotion of peace was at his agenda.

What some US citizens and many people around the world wishes for 2012 is Obama impeachment. Obama signed the "National Defense Authorization Act" - NDAA, that imposes Martial law in US, in the still of the night of December, 31, 2011 when American citizens were celebrating the dawn of the new year.

A clear display of refinement and distinction of a Nobel Peace prize laureate.

International Human Rights Day - a struggle for citizens

The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation is the organization I did choose as a symbol for today, Human Rights Day.

There is a lot of work to be done and the most known institutions are far from doing an unbiased promotion of human rights.

Another symbol is the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal that after four days of hearings condemned Bush and Blair for war crimes.

Unfortunately what is being done in advocacy and jurisprudence for human rights is nothing and there is more hypocrisy than accountability from many who claim to be working for human rights sake.

Human rights is a struggle for citizens without logos.

Image: Torment by Carne Griffiths

Bush and Blair guilty by War Crimes Tribunal and Blair Foundation's petition

The result of what was reported at this post was guilty as charged for former US president George W. Bush and former Prime Minister Toni Blair.

"The accused are found guilty,” read an official media statement from Perdana Global Peace Foundation, organisers of the tribunal.

“War criminals have to be dealt with, convict Bush and Blair as charged. A guilty verdict will serve as a notice to the world that war criminals may run but can never ultimately hide from truth and justice,” the statement read."

Now the Blair Foundation asks us to sign a petition:

BWCF – THE BLAIR WAR CRIMES FOUNDATION

It is necessary to make leaders hesitate before indulging in “the paramount war crime” to quote the judges of Nuremberg, of “unprovoked aggression against a defenceless country”. Unless leaders fear that they might be tried for their war crimes, we will live in an increasingly violent world, where The Geneva Conventions are treated as a joke, the UN is of no account, and death, destruction, torture, and repressive policing are commonplace. At the moment such leaders enjoy more and more trappings of power, and retire with vast sums of money, houses, medals and lucrative contracts. A group of UK Citizens have therefore set up an organisation, “The Blair War Crimes Foundation”, to initially bring one such leader to justice as an example.

Petition on line at http://www.petitiononline.com/BWCF/petition.html .

John Pilger, David Halpin, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ken Loach, Noam Chomsky, Richard Dawkins, Lindsey German, Ben Griffin, Dr Nawal Saadawi, Haifa Zangana, Mark Steel, Dr Kamil Mahdi, Bruce Kent, and other citizens of Spain, Argentine, USA, and UK, support a Blair War Crimes Foundation to seek signatures for a petition to the United Nations General Assembly and the UK Attorney General, to uphold the UN Charter, the Geneva and Hague Conventions, and International Law, and to indict Tony Blair for war crimes.

It is time for justice. The death of one 1.400 millions Iraqis and the pain of those who suffered torture, physical mutilations and many heinous crimes cannot remain unpunished. Do what you can and sign the petition.

It is about time that we, citizens of the world, take help creating a fair world.

Update: December, 2

Please sign the petition and if you're a blogger do a little post about it. It is very important to all of us.

I'll create a little text with the link to the petition so that people can copy and paste at blogs.

We are responsible and we have to demand accountability!

Should citizens of the world help ICC find a prosecutor to be the successor of Luis Moreno-Ocampo?

ICC is a mockery of laws, jurisprudence and dignity.

Luis Moreno Ocampo term will expire in June, 2012 and the ICC is asking for people to candidate or nominate:

"Interested candidates or those wishing to recommend the names (of prosecutors) of qualified individuals are requested to contact the Search Committee through the Secretariat of the Assembly of States Parties:

Secretariat of the Assembly of States Parties

International Criminal Court

Maanweg 174

2516 AB The Hague

The Netherlands

Fax: +31 70 515 8376

Email: rene.holbach@icc-cpi.int"

With the legacy that Luis Moreno-Ocampo left and the work of the ICC that did nothing since 2002 when it was created no serious candidate will be willing to occupy this place.

But there are plenty of hypocrites to do this job.

If there was any decency left this court should end or at least explain why their budgets are so high for so little work.

David Morrison reported the hypocrisy of referring Libya to the ICC.

Joshua Rosenberg, in 2008, has demonstrated why he thinks Luis Moreno-Ocampo should resign.

Many citizens of the world are expressing in social networks of in comments in sites that ICC is another US weapon of character destruction.

Again: ICC does not have jurisdiction over Libya, still, ICC has indicted Seif al-Islam of crimes against humanity.

If this is a serious institution we are the world became a hospice and they forgot to send the memo to it's inhabitants.

A new prosecutor? To do what? Pretend they are working on African countries? To propagate that someone is morally condemned?

Who will be Ocampo's successor? Would you nominate anybody? If yes, don't forget to follow the ICC's rules.

ICC is a mockery of international laws and jurisprudence. It is a joke that will cost €117.73 million in 2012 as exposed here.

Most Important News of 2011: Bush and Blair war crimes hearing by Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal

The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal started its hearing against former US president George Bush and former British prime minister Tony Blair in the Malaysian federal capital.

This is the first time that war crimes charges are heard against the two former heads of states in compliance with due legal process.

The Kuala Lumpur War Commission said both Bush and Blair had participated in the formulation of executive orders and directives to exclude the applicability of all international conventions and laws.

This include the Geneva Convention, Convention against Torture, Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Charter in relations to the wars launched by the US and Britain in Afghanistan and Iraq.

This hearing comes after two years of investigation by the Commission which heard shocking testimonials from war victims.

One complainant told the commission in 2009 that he was detained for six years in Guantamo Bay on mistaken identity, tortured and subjected to inhumane treatment.

An Iraqi woman prisoner said she was used as a human shield while being transported on a helicopter by being placed near the open doors.

The US and Britain have repeatedly said the so-called war against terror is targeted at terrorists.

The tribunal would adjudicate and evaluate the evidence presented on facts and law and is presided by seven judges from Malaysia and overseas.

This tribunal would decide next Tuesday as to whether or not former US president George Bush and former British prime minister Tony Blair committed war crimes. If found guilty the tribunal would lobby their respective governments to moot internal investigations or charge them in the international court." (emphasis added)

Via: PressTv.

ICC International or African Criminal Court?

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Situation in the Central African Republic

ICC-01/05 -01/08 Case The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo

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Situation in Uganda

ICC-02/04-01/05 Case The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen

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Situation in Darfur, Sudan

ICC-02/05-01/07 Case The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Muhammad Harun ("Ahmad Harun") and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman ("Ali Kushayb")

©UN Photo / Stuart Price

ICC-02/05-01/09 The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir

ICC-02/05-02/09 The Prosecutor v. Bahar Idriss Abu Garda

ICC-02/05-03/09 The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus

It is amazing that the few cases of the International Criminal Justice are against African men. These are the cases of those who are being prosecuted by ICC in Congo, Uganda and Darfur: Situation in Democratic Republic of the Congo:

C-01/04-01/06

Case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo;

ICC-01/04-01/07

Case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui; Decision on the Joinder of the Cases against Germain KATANGA and Mathieu NGUDJOLO CHUI;

ICC-01/04-02/06

Case The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda;

CC-01/04-01/10

Case The Prosecutor v. Callixte Mbarushimana

Now the ICC is craving to have Qaddafi's son Seif al-Islam, that was arrested today, under trial which would explain the proposal of a growth of €14.12 million on the approved Budget for 2011 setting out a request of €117.73 million. One of the reasons: 




"In particular, additional resources are essential to conduct an effective investigation into crimes committed in Libya and to fund a significant increase in judicial activities (including legal aid). In fact, as set out in section 3 below, the Team is concerned that the Court continues to underfund its activities in a number of areas." (emphasis added)




US is still an observer which reinforces a participation that promotes their interests with the convenience of being above the law since U.S. didn't even sign the Rome statute.

It would be realistic to change from International Criminal Court to African Criminal Court.