Canada Legally Bound to Arrest Bush for War Crimes

It will be really interesting to see what the Canadian Government’s take, and official response, on this issue is. Personally I expect them to gloss over it, and completely ignore their legal obligation. It seems that all too often people in seats of power, either political or corperate, live well outside the scope of law.

Macdonald Stainsby writes:

Beginning on November 30, 2004 George W Bush will be in a country that has endorsed the WCC. Despite certain protestations to the contrary, Canada is legally obliged to arrest George W Bush for war crimes. Going all the way back to Nuremberg, the precedent for the WCC, the number one crime– the crime that got the Nazis hanged– is to launch “aggressive” war. All other crimes, such as torture at Abu Ghraib, murder of wounded prisoners, targeting of hospitals during war, denying basic medicines– stem from the primary crime against humanity, the crime against international peace. It is of little consequence how many of these crimes can be proved to involve Bush’s direction. What matters is he launched illegal aggressive war. If Canada does not arrest him, it means Canada is in breach of their international obligations as a signatory in the Hague.

From CNN [g]:

One group, Lawyers Against the War (LAW), wants Bush arrested and charged with war crimes if he even sets foot in the country. The group says Canadian immigration law bars entry to those who have engaged in “gross violations of human rights.”