[Teen/VVP] Learning...
Last Thursday's workshop we learned more about the different aspects that contribute to the Child Soldiers in Uganda. The group I was put in worked on the International Criminal Court. We learned that they have issued warrants to arrest people who have committed those crimes but those warrants have not been put into action. We also looked at the United States' point of view and the government of Uganda's point of view. The United States, of course, did not come to a conclusion on the issue, but the government of Uganda did say that they might pardon the crime if the person gives up all the soldiers. That of course mad no sense, but I'm sure they have reasonable explanations to why they decided to do that. But we did get to look at different point of views. I did ask my AP government teacher why the US was not a part of the ICC and he said that it was because the US was a super power and did not want to be boxed into a situation they did not want to be in. But it made me wonder...if the League of Nations failed because Super Powers were not a part of it...so how successful will ICC be. Then again, the ICC is a little different from the League of Nations...so I guess we will just have to wait to find out.... ^-^
