genocide https://en.ordoiuris.pl/genocide pl Did Russia commit genocide? Summary of the activities of the War Crimes Archive https://en.ordoiuris.pl/civil-liberties/did-russia-commit-genocide-summary-activities-war-crimes-archive <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> Did Russia commit genocide? Summary of the activities of the War Crimes Archive <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/116" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">filip.bator</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>czw., 06/23/2022 - 15:04</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/navigation/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/navigation/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <p class="text-align-justify"><strong>· The War Crimes Archive is a project aimed at collecting and verifying reports of war crimes committed on the territory of Ukraine by Russia from February 24, 2022.</strong></p> <p class="text-align-justify"><strong>· The materials collected by the Archive indicate that the army of the Russian Federation is committing numerous war crimes on the territory of Ukraine.</strong></p> <p class="text-align-justify"><strong>· Attacks against civilian targets, prosecuted population migrations, cruelty to civilians and the scale of material damage also raised questions about the further qualification of these events as crimes of genocide.</strong></p> <p class="text-align-justify"><strong>· Genocide is defined as acts committed with the intention of destroying all or part of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. These acts include, inter alia, homicides, the creation of debilitating living conditions or the forcible removal of children.</strong></p> <p class="text-align-justify"><strong>· Until now, crimes of genocide have been successfully prosecuted only by International Tribunals established by the UN Security Council. However, this path in this case is out of the question due to Russia's status in the Security Council.</strong></p> <p class="text-align-justify"><strong>· The International Criminal Court, on the other hand, has the possibility to prosecute crimes committed on the territory of Ukraine.</strong></p> <p class="text-align-justify"><strong>· The War Crimes Archive established by the Ordo Iuris Institute has prepared an analysis on this matter. The collected materials will be forwarded to the Internal Security Agency and the International Criminal Court.</strong></p> <p class="text-align-justify">- We summarize the work of the War Crimes Archive by presenting to national and international law enforcement agencies verified and established evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Ukraine by Russian forces. At the same time, we are publishing some of these materials that should reach the public, but should also arouse the interest of international lawyers. Because it is the international tribunals that will soon decide whether the Russian crimes in Ukraine are part of the so-called queen of all crimes or genocide. The report of the Ordo Iuris Institute, published at the same time, is the first doctrinal contribution to answering this question - emphasized attorney-at-law. Jerzy Kwaśniewski, president of Ordo Iuris.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">The War Crimes Archive began its work right after the start of extensive military operations in Ukraine. Its experts analyzed and verified events that could constitute war crimes in cooperation with various groups in Ukraine. These materials are to be used in the future in the trials of Russian and Belarusian dignitaries and military.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">The analysis of the collected evidence confirmed, inter alia, mass killings of the Ukrainian population and numerous acts of violence causing considerable physical and mental damage. Therefore, experts prepared an analysis on the possibility of exhausting the features of the crime of genocide against the Ukrainian nation from the perspective of international law.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">Among other acts that may constitute genocide, committed by Russian soldiers, the deliberate creation of living conditions calculated to cause physical destruction of Ukrainian citizens was indicated. Such events include, among others shelling at humanitarian corridors or killings of people carrying humanitarian aid. There were also forced picking up of children. For example, on February 24 and 25, over a hundred children were deported from Mariupol.</p> <p class="text-align-justify">The analysis prepared by Ordo Iuris also addresses the issue of the possibility of prosecuting the perpetrators of crimes committed in Ukraine. Difficulties in this respect are caused by the fact that Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has not ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and has been excluded from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. On the other hand, on the basis of Ukraine's declaration, the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over crimes committed on its territory, and its prosecutors are already investigating the matter.</p> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--field-kategoria.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-kategoria.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> Kategoria } <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x 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height="125" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-zdjecie--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-zrodlo-zdjecia--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--field-zrodlo-zdjecia.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-zrodlo-zdjecia.html.twig * field--string.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div>Adobe Stock</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-tagi--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--field-tagi.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-tagi.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/page_node/field--node--field-tagi.html.twig' --> <hr> <ul class="tags_list"> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/ukraine" hreflang="pl">ukraine</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/genocide" hreflang="pl">genocide</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/war-crimes-archive" hreflang="pl">war crimes archive</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/russia" hreflang="pl">Russia</a></li> </ul> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/page_node/field--node--field-tagi.html.twig' --> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:04:38 +0000 filip.bator 1311 at https://en.ordoiuris.pl Ordo Iuris at the OSCE conference on hate crimes against Christians and defenders of life https://en.ordoiuris.pl/freedom-conscience/ordo-iuris-osce-conference-hate-crimes-against-christians-and-defenders-life <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> Ordo Iuris at the OSCE conference on hate crimes against Christians and defenders of life <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/109" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">pawel.grabowski</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>czw., 07/20/2017 - 11:39</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/navigation/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/navigation/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <p>At the annual conference of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Ordo Iuris Institute organized a panel on the issue of hate crime and hate speech. Ordo Iuris experts pointed out that attacks against Christians and defenders of life are often ignored or downplayed in discussions on the subject.</p> <p>During the panel devoted to hate speech, representatives of the Institute, Tymoteusz Zych, PhD, and Karina Walinowicz presented examples of hate crimes against Christians and defenders of life in Poland and around the world collected over the last few years. Among them one could find: reports from the Ordo Iuris Centre for Monitoring Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience submitted since 2014 to the OSCE for the annual report on the scale of hate crimes from the European perspective. The Ordo Iuris reports present the large scale of acts of vandalism against Christians in cemeteries and churches, and threats to life defenders formulated by abortion activists. Moreover, examples of incitement to violence against Christians in the Internet tolerated by administrators of websites and social networking sites were also discussed.</p> <p>Tymoteusz Zych, PhD, a member of the Board of Directors of Ordo Iuris, emphasized in his speech that the regulations on hate crime must be designed symmetrically and take into account the protection of all social groups, and that actions of the majority of society cannot be overlooked in the law-making process, as results from the principle of equality before the law and is confirmed by the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.</p> <p>Ordo Iuris experts reiterated that one of the main objectives of the OSCE's efforts to criminalise hate crimes is to eliminate prejudices and tensions between social groups. However, their vague wording or piecemeal application only to certain groups leads to exactly the opposite effects, being at the same time an unacceptable violation of the principle of impartiality of public authorities.</p> <p>The panellists expressed moreover a warning that criminal law provisions prohibiting hate speech and hate crimes can become a tool of instrumental political and ideological actions, as was the case for example in France, where a recently adopted law provides that "the exercise of moral or psychological pressure" on people considering an abortion is punishable by up to 2 years of imprisonment or a fine of up to 30 000 euros.</p> <p>In their intervention, the panellists stressed that the wording of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, adopted in 2008, requires that criminal sanction be imposed also on glorification or denial of communist crimes against religion, which has not been implemented by a large number of Member States and is not recognized in the European Commission's documents.</p> <p>The international conference "Human Dimension Implementation Meeting” of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is held in Warsaw every year and lasts for two weeks, during which government delegations and representatives of non-governmental organizations meet to discuss the state of human rights and freedoms in the world. Ordo Iuris has participated in the event for the third time.</p> <p>Today, at the panel entitled: Child protection services - right to respect for family life, the right to a fair trial and rights of the child, representatives of the Institute present – in the context of systemic violations of the rights of families and children in Norway – the case a Norwegian citizen who is applying for asylum in Poland.</p> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--field-kategoria.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-kategoria.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> Kategoria } <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-zdjecie--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--field-zdjecie.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-zdjecie.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-zdjecie--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * image-formatter--node--aktualnosc--field-zdjecie.html.twig x image-formatter.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_style' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/artykul_full/public/2017-10/3.png?itok=gwgkI9f5" width="250" height="125" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-zdjecie--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-tagi--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--field-tagi.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-tagi.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/page_node/field--node--field-tagi.html.twig' --> <hr> <ul class="tags_list"> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/hate-crimes" hreflang="pl">hate crimes</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/conference" hreflang="pl">conference</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/onz" hreflang="pl">ONZ</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/un" hreflang="pl">un</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/un-security-council" hreflang="pl">un security council</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/genocide" hreflang="pl">genocide</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/osce" hreflang="pl">osce</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/human-dimension-implementation-meeting" hreflang="pl">human dimension implementation meeting</a></li> </ul> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/page_node/field--node--field-tagi.html.twig' --> Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:39:09 +0000 pawel.grabowski 864 at https://en.ordoiuris.pl Time to react to this genocide! Persecution of Christians and international instruments of reacting to crimes perpetrated by ISIS https://en.ordoiuris.pl/freedom-conscience/time-react-genocide-persecution-christians-and-international-instruments <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> Time to react to this genocide! Persecution of Christians and international instruments of reacting to crimes perpetrated by ISIS <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--title--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/109" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">pawel.grabowski</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>wt., 07/04/2017 - 11:40</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/navigation/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/navigation/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <p>Report of the Ordo Juris Institute: "Persecutions of Christians: Time to React to Genocide” leaves no illusions - persecution of Christians is a fact that is a hot potato on the international forum. However, the time has come for the international community to respond accordingly and to use the right instruments to adequately punish the perpetrators and stop the genocide. Membership of our country in the UN Security Council gives Poland a unique opportunity to initiate action in the international arena to defend the followers of Christ killed because of their faith.</p> <p>Report of Ordo Iuris - aim and main conclusions:</p> <p>Christians are the most persecuted group in the world - this unequivocal conclusion stems from global research conducted by non-governmental organizations such as Open Doors and The Center for Studies on New Religions. The followers of Christ fall prey to murder, rape, looting and expulsions from places of residence only because of their religion.</p> <p>Main conclusions concerning the persecution of Christians:</p> <ul><li>Christians are being persecuted in more than half (128 - 2015) of all countries of the world.</li> <li>Public authorities use local criminal law to harass and accuse Christians or other religious minorities of acts such as adultery or gambling.</li> <li>Persecution takes various forms: from discriminatory practices to physical torture, rape, prison, slavery or even death.</li> <li>According to the 2016 report of the<em> Center for the</em> <em>Study</em> <em>of Global</em> <em>Christianity</em> more than 100 000 Christians were killed because of religious affiliation. In its last report, the <em>Center for the</em> <em>Study</em> <em>of Global</em> <em>Christianity</em> speaks of 90 000 people killed.</li> <li>The most intense persecutions take place in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, North Korea, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Eritrea.</li> <li>The conditions of persecution of Christians, starting from Islamic fundamentalism (the pursuit of Islamization of the whole world), political conditions, tribal antagonisms, to the activities of organized corruption, guaranteeing impunity to persecutors, are complex.</li> </ul><p>The report entitled "Persecutions of Christians: Time to React to Genocide" focuses in particular on the problem of impunity of perpetrators of the bloodiest persecution, filling the constitutive elements of genocide.</p> <p>Genocidal character of ISIS activities:</p> <p>The gravest manifestations of persecution of Christians can be seen in the Middle East. The report presents data illustrating the acts of Islamic extremists, especially those operating in the criminal organization ISIS/Daesh.</p> <p>Despite the tendency to belittle the scale of persecution, genocidal nature of ISIS activities was emphasised in official political positions. In 2016, after several years of efforts, such positions were taken by: the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (resolution I.2016), the European Parliament (resolution II.2016), the House of Commons, the Parliament of the United Kingdom (IV.2016), the Polish Parliament (Resolution XII .2016), the Lower Chamber of the Austrian Parliament (VI.2017).</p> <p>Why does the West not respond effectively?</p> <p>The topic of the persecution of Christians does not, unfortunately, exist in political debates in the West, it almost does not appear in the free media. It is completely replaced by the issue of migrants who are heading to Europe. One can get the impression that neither politicians nor journalists are interested in voicing this concern. This cannot be explained only by human indifference to crimes, including crimes of genocide. This situation reveals the specific attitude of contemporary West to Christianity. Organized attempts to marginalize the impact of Christianity on European politics and culture are one of the causes of selective sensitivity to human rights abuses in Europe and the world.</p> <p>Possible instruments for prosecuting Christian persecutors:</p> <p>In the global arena, the International Criminal Court (ICC), established in 1998 by 120 countries around the world on the basis of the Rome Statute, could be of greatest importance. It is to prosecute the most serious offenses, especially the crimes of genocide. However, the crimes committed by the Islamic State go beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, as Syria, Iraq and Lebanon are not signatories to the Rome Statute.</p> <p>In Europe, the most effective solution would be to empower the courts and prosecutors of all states to prosecute and judge Islamic criminals irrespective of where they commit crimes. Such a solution (so-called principle of universal jurisdiction) is applicable in some European countries, such as Finland, Germany or Spain. Most often, however, it is limited to the situation where the victim of the crime is a citizen of a given state. This caveat significantly limits the possibility of using it in prosecuting crimes against Christians in the Middle East.</p> <p>Unlike the EU, which has very limited competences in the area of justice, the UN applies proven measures against such acts of lawlessness as crimes against humanity. Within the UN, the most effective means are at the disposal of the Security Council. It is this body that, as part of a peacekeeping mission, can decide to send international armed forces into territories engulfed by serious conflicts or persecutions.</p> <p>In particular, however, the Security Council's competence to establish, by way of resolution, an international criminal court to condemn crimes against humanity, including the crimes of genocide committed in a specific area (ad hoc tribunal), appears to be of particular relevance.</p> <p>The ad hoc court's jurisdiction would be extended to all UN member states and have priority over the jurisdiction of national courts.</p> <p>Poland's membership in the UN Security Council in the years 2018-2019 is of great importance. The Government of the Republic of Poland has a historic opportunity to submit the motion to establish an ad hoc tribunal to judge the crimes of ISIS and thereby to stop the mass persecution of the followers of Christ.</p> <p>The report can be downloaded from <a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=pl&amp;prev=_t&amp;sl=pl&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://persecutionofchristians.ordoiuris.pl">http://persecutionofchristians.ordoiuris.pl</a> .</p> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--body--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--field-kategoria.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-kategoria.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> Kategoria } <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-kategoria--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--field-zdjecie--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--node--field-zdjecie.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-zdjecie.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-zdjecie--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_formatter' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * image-formatter--node--aktualnosc--field-zdjecie.html.twig x image-formatter.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image_style' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/artykul_full/public/2017-10/4.png?itok=0jBah9f7" width="250" height="125" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-style.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/stable/templates/field/image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/news_block/field--node--field-zdjecie--aktualnosc.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-tagi--aktualnosc.html.twig x field--node--field-tagi.html.twig * field--node--aktualnosc.html.twig * field--field-tagi.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/page_node/field--node--field-tagi.html.twig' --> <hr> <ul class="tags_list"> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/persecution-christians" hreflang="pl">persecution of christians</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/christian-massacre" hreflang="pl">christian massacre</a></li> <li class="label label-ordo2"><a href="/genocide" hreflang="pl">genocide</a></li> </ul> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/ordoiuris/templates/page_node/field--node--field-tagi.html.twig' --> Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:40:58 +0000 pawel.grabowski 865 at https://en.ordoiuris.pl