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Can a war criminal be a refugee?

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BLACKRAP

Monday, March 19, 2001 - 04:38 pm
Persons who have participated in war crimes and massive violations of international humanitarian and human rights law – including the crime of genocide – are specifically excluded from the protection and assistance accorded to refugees. Any person against whom there exist serious grounds for suspicions of this nature should not be given protection as refugees.

For example, a number of persons suspected of serious human rights violations may well be living in UNHCR's camps for Rwandan refugees in neighboring countries. However, in large camps with very difficult security conditions there are enormous practical difficulties involved in identifying, and extracting, such persons; UNHCR is neither judge nor police force.

In practice, given the scale of this problem, the most viable approach consists of providing maximum support to interna tional initiatives to bring war criminals to justice. UNHCR is obligated to share with the competent authorities and relevant UN organs any pertinent information which comes to its knowledge (while bearing in mind the need to be sensitive in releasing information which refugees have confidentially divulged to field staff). The work of the international tribunals investigating war crimes and genocide in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia is particularly vital, since only the pursuit of swift and equitable justice can establish genuine peace and reconciliation – and thus ensure lasting repatriation.

Most of you motherfuc2ker don't belong over here.

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Anonymous

Monday, March 19, 2001 - 05:40 pm
forget rawanda they leave here in the usa!!!!!!!

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Jabane

Monday, March 19, 2001 - 05:41 pm
neither you Idiot?!

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The Jury

Monday, March 19, 2001 - 06:08 pm
The Americans and the Europeans are the biggest criminals. They have committed every crime against humanity and continue to do so. So my boy go and lick their white asses.

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MAD MAC

Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 12:28 am
The Jury
What's up with that?? Why always the diatribe and pendantic approach. The US is not the great evil of the world. This is typical narrow minded thought that sees all evil in the west and all good in the east. It's small minded.

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