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NOVEMBER 16, 1990 WORLD CITIZEN GARRY DAVIS CALLS FOR INDICTMENT OF 26
HEADS OF STATE OPERATING IN MIDDLE EAST WAR ZONE AS WAR CRIMINALS
Seeks a state constitutionally prohibited from waging war as advocate for world citizens
before International Court of Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C.-In a letter dated November 12, 1990 addressed to 26 heads of state who
have military personnel and material stationed in the Middle East, Garry Davis, World
Coordinator of the World Government of World Citizens, accused them as "war
criminals" under the Nuremberg Decisions of 1945 which indicted, tried, sentenced and
punished Nazi officials and their collaborators for "war crimes" and
"crimes against peace" after World War II (Letter appended).
"National leaders consider war as a 'final option,'" Davis said today from
his Burlington, Vermont office, "while they give lip-service to international law
accusing one another of 'violating' it. President Bush, for instance, is trying
desperately to obtain a United Nations sanction for the use of force against Iraq. Yet he
refuses to consider the use of the International Court of Justice, which is the U.N.'s own
judicial arm, to indict President Saddam Hussein. The obvious conclusion is that while he
accuses Hussein of violating international law, he himself refuses to consider its
relevancy in the Middle East situation. The hypocrisy is blatant.
The World Government of World Citizens, founded in 1953, composed of individuals
throughout the world community who claim the civic status of world citizenship, seeks a
state to act as advocate in order to petition the ICJ at The Hague since neither
individuals not obviously the global government have standing before the court.
"If the ICJ alone can adjudicate violations of international law," Davis
continued, "and if we individuals who are the real victims in all national wars
cannot petition the court, then we must seek a state which is constitutionally prohibited
from waging war, such as Japan, to act as our surrogate." A petition is under
preparation by the World Judicial Commission for submission to Prime Minister Toshiki
Kaifu of Japan.
A copy of the letter to heads of state has been sent to the International Court of
Justice, to the U.N. secretary-general, to all heads of state, and to the coordinators of
the World Government Commissions.
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