Call to the International Criminal Court to investigate on Ursula von der Leyen for complicity in war crimes and genocide committed by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and in Gaza 27 May 2024, Geneva
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"All may look dark today, but still; light goes through cracks" says returning guest professor Alfred de Zayas. De Zayas talks about international law and censorship, the human rights industry, and the corruption of institutions, like NATO. Alfred de Zayas is a former UN Independent Expert on the Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2012-18), former senior lawyer with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretary of the UN Human Rights Committee. He is Professor of international law and world history at the Geneva School of Diplomacy.
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Wat nodig is, is een onmiddellijk staakt-het-vuren. De Verenigde Naties falen het Handvest als ze vrede niet tot prioriteit maken en het hele systeem in dienst stellen van vrede. Alfred de Zayas over de oorlog in Oekraïne (vertaald en overgenomen van Counterpunch).
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Alfred de Zayas is a law professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and served as a UN Independent Expert on International Order 2012-18. He is the author of ten books including “Building a Just World Order”. De Zayas is also a returning guest to Potkaars. The last time we spoke was the day before Russia took its military action in Ukraïne in February. It is 26 September 2022 when we speak again while a referendum on secession is taking place in eastern Ukraïne regions. I re-invited mr. De Zayas, to learn his assessment on the validity of the referendum and of the actions by Ukraïne, Russia, the EU and the US under international law and treaties. We recorded this interview the day before the Nord Stream I and II pipelines were blown up in the Baltic sea. In this conversation Alfred de Zayas discusses the use of coercive measures as deployed by the US.
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Professor of international law and human right expert Alfred de Zayas comments on the media censorship happening right now in the US. It's not just freedom of speech that's been taken away, but also the right to be informed. In this interview we discuss last weeks verdict in the extradition case of Julian Assange, and the judge’s denial of bail. Not just free speech is broken; the rule of law itself appears broken both in the US and UK. In the second half we discuss the Netherlands new rules for returning citizens abroad, effectively exiling them due to corona policies.
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Join us to hear professor of international law Alfred de Zayas explain what the sentencing in Spain for the Catalan Political prisoners means for the EU, the UN, the rule of law and for the Catalan people.
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De Zayas: ‘what we have here is a classical case of law-fare’. . ‘What is happening here ... a whistleblower who already did several years and had her sentence commuted was locked up again for refusing to testify against a publisher and publishing org.’ Chelsea Manning.
Interview turned masterclass on history and international law. Alfred De Zayas is outspoken: ‘what shocks me in the case of Venezuela is not that a demented president wants to irrigate upon himself the right to determine “I want this person as president of Venezuela and I want this person as whatever” but the fact that the Dutch the French the Spaniards the Canadians have followed suit so you have here actually a revolt against international law carried out not by banana republics but is carried out by countries that claim to be committed to democracy rule of law and human rights’.
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