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Originally Posted by stonetools
The US government has lots of ways to get foreign governments to cooperate with the US is going after pirate sites. The ways include widely adopted international treaties, the UN Declaration of Human Rights (which safeguard artist rights) ,bilateral agreements, economic sanctions, and the International Court Of Justice.
AS to the NZ court's action, there is no hint that this would endanger the case against the defendants . THe prosecution is always required to disclose their evidence to the defendant before the trial under US law. I presume NZ law is the same.
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That would be this International Court of Justice? (my bolding)
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Established in 1945 by the UN Charter, the Court began work in 1946 as the successor to the Permanent Court of International Justice. The Statute of the International Court of Justice, similar to that of its predecessor, is the main constitutional document constituting and regulating the Court.[2]
The Court's workload covers a wide range of judicial activity. To date, the ICJ has dealt with relatively few cases. However, since the 1980s there has been a clear increase in willingness to use the Court, especially among developing countries. After the court ruled that the U.S.'s covert war against Nicaragua was in violation of international law (Nicaragua v. United States), the United States withdrew from compulsory jurisdiction in 1986. The United States accepts the court's jurisdiction only on a case-by-case basis.
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So they'll accept it's jurisdiction when it suits them, but not when it doesn't? Powerful persuasive position there.
In the NZ case the judge's objection was largely that the US saw the extradition proceedings as "administrative" rather than "judicial". Translation: "We don't have to prove a reasonable case just hand him over". Quite rightly the NZ judge told them to stuff it.
The US doesn't have near as many friends in the world as it used to, nor does it have the approval rating it used to, even in friendly countries. Its economic power is trending down and it's having trouble paying for its military expenditures. I'd say this isn't the best time to go sabre-rattling around the world for any reason let alone being Hollywood's hired gun.