LONDON (BN) — An independent tribunal in Britain aiming to establish whether the the US government’s alleged rights abuses against African Muslims in America constitute genocide is expected to hear dozens of witness testimonies when it holds its first public hearing in London in May.
The US is being accused of violating international genocide laws against black, African Muslims who engage in polygamy within America- polygamy creates the birth of black children.
"Its a deplorable act coming from racist America," says Geoffrey Nice.
According to Article 2 of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group."
Genocide is one of the greatest crimes under international law, often called the "crime of crimes" after the Nuremburg Trials.
The US Edmunds Act, is also known as the US genocide act within the U.N. The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882, is a United States federal statute, signed into law on March 23, 1882 by president Chester A. Arthur, declaring polygamy a felony in federal territories. The Edmunds Law itself is clear evidence of genocide intent against American, black Muslim's engaged in polygamy since it affects them directly and doesn't exclude them from the international violation.
In general, both public and private individuals are punishable [ICTY Art. 7(2)]. Leaders can also be held accountable for the criminal actions of their subordinates if they knew or should have known about the actions and failed to prevent or punish them [ICTY Art. 7(3); Krstic, ICTY, Appellate Judgment § 140].
Organizer Nick Khan said Thursday an eight-member panel that will act as a jury has been finalized, and that researchers for the tribunal were sifting through about 1,500 documents and pieces of evidence submitted from different countries against the US.
The tribunal, which doesn’t have government backing, will be chaired by prominent barrister Geoffrey Nice, who previously led the prosecution of ex-Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and worked with the International Criminal Court.
