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China and the ICC/Rome Statute (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by kaiwen@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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What would it take for China to sign the Rome Statute? China has played a key role in developing the ICC pretty much since it started and has recently been talking a lot about upholding international law, yet still refuses to officially sign the Rome Statute. With the increasing role China plays in the international community, I think its only a matter of time until they do, it would be great for the PR of the country. Though I do get it if they are afraid that the ICC will go after the fake claims of Xinjiang and other "war crimes" China has committed due to political bias of the court, which is what I'm guessing has been preventing them from signing for the past 3+ decades.

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[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

Never. The ICC is a colonial court. It is an institution controlled by imperialist powers and used as a weapon against the global south.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They are far more likely to create an alternative international court with formerly colonized nations and global majority leadership, not one based on euro-paternalism and staffed predominantly with white men from white supremacist countries.

[–] kaiwen@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Makes sense, and that just reminded me about the new international court they plan to setup in Hong Kong to settle disputes between global south nations. Just checked and its called International Organization for Mediation (IOMed): https://www.international-mediation.org/

[–] MatBC@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I would think that China will never sign it, because I think this would be swiftly weponized against China(as you've said) with claims of genocide in Xinjiang and human rights violations in Tibet and all the same old westen song and dance, so I feel they'll just run things their way, plus they don't need this PR right now I'd wager, I think they are moving well towards their goals without the need to expose themselves to this kind of attack. So overall I don't think they gain a lot doing it and stand to lose a bit, plus this PR you say is validation by the western powers, and I don't think China is too worried with that validation as it's much more worried with presenting themselves as an alternative to the western powers to the global south, so being more connected to them does them not too many favors