SARS CRIMES
Ralph Peters proposes making covering up the outbreak of deadly contagious diseases a crime against humanity. It’s an interesting argument but has the same problem as all international law: it only works against the powerless or those who were going to comply anyway. It’s not as if, had this law been on the books, China would have acted differently. More importantly, it’s virtually certain that the repurcussions would be virtually nil with a law, just as they are now.
(Hat tip: Hit and Run)
