NEW YORK, April 12 -- A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court today decided not to authorize opening an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the context of the armed conflict in Afghanistan including by U.S. military and intelligence forces. The ICC cited "the lack of cooperation that the Prosecutor has received and which is likely to go scarcer should an investigation be authorized hampering the chances of successful investigation and prosecution" as part of the main reason for not opening an investigation.
Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Human Rights Program, issued the following statement in response to the ICC's decision:
"It is outrageous that vi...