The party of delusion favours the European Union, the United Nations, international criminal justice and the Kyoto accords.
Even staunch defenders of international criminal justice, such as Professor Philippe Sands QC, of University College London, say this is a legitimate concern.
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's International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.
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Lord Goldsmith warned that "there are a number of ways in which opponents of military action might seek to bring a legal case, internationally or domestically, against the UK, members of the government, or UK military personnel, " for example in the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court.
The International Criminal Court's constitution does support justice being seen to be done nearer to the crime scene.
President Bashir of Sudan is also attending the summit and he may baulk at the idea of agreeing that the establishment of the International Criminal Court is important for peace and justice.
"We are determined to follow up this report and its recommendations in all relevant international forums, including the Security Council and the International Criminal Court, until the realisation of justice, " he said.
And a focus on crimes against women by the International Criminal Court could help introduce some accountability and justice to a place that has little.
The establishment of the International Criminal Court struck a resounding blow for peace, justice and human rights.
"Germany, in effect, has invited this court to create a new international legal obligation, one that would necessarily intrude deep into the domestic criminal justice system of any state, " Thessin said.
This "fear" was most recently publically described by Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Rand Beers in testimony on 6 August before the Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
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It calls for those responsible for war crimes to be brought to justice, but only the UN Security Council can refer a country to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it is not party to the Rome Statute, and the Security Council remains divided, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says.
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