If I had a nickel for every Hexbear ITT that didn't know South Africa is no longer under the apartheid govt I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

And in 2002, the USA passed The American Service-Members' Protection Act (known informally as the "Hague Invasion Act"), wherein the USA authorized itself to order military action (including invading the Netherlands where the Hague is located) to protect and free Americans and their allies

Here's a fun lil game: guess how the following US senators voted on the Hague invasion act.

1. Joe Biden
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Rick Santorum
4. John McCain

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At least we're doing something right lol. The ANC have thankfully always been allied with Palestine and their right to self determination, and been against the Israeli government.

A reminder of what Nelson Mandela said when visiting Gaza in 1999

Sorry for being a nerd but the International Court of Justice, while also being situated in the Hague, is a different body than the International Criminal Court, which is colloquially called the Hague.

The ICJ dates back to the League of Nations and adjudicates international law disputes between sovereign states, meaning that only states can be parties in cases heard by the ICJ. Their ability to actually enforce their rulings are limited and it is completely possible for states, especially those of the International Community, to go "no that's bollocks" and ignore their decisions.

The ICC is a much more recent invention. They adjudicate criminal cases against individuals. Their actual powers are more tangible than those of the ICJ. If the ICC issues an arrest warrant against someone there's a decent chance that member states of the ICC will actually arrest that individual and extradite them to the Hague. Once there, people who are convicted actually goes to real jail. This is also the reason for the American "Hague Invasion Act" that is an explicit threat that if an American war criminal is extradited to the ICC, the evil empire will invade the Netherlands to break him out of jail.

I know this won't lead to much of anything

But I do like throwing rules-based order at rules-based orderites

Wish could learn and grow from their past like this, instead they've just doubled down on genocide

imagine doing so much apartheid, genocide, and racism that South Africa sues for international copyright infringement

Heel face turn complete.