Aus dem scheinbar folgenlosen Urteil der Vorinstanz – die Verurteilten aus den USA Psind allesamt weit weg – wurde jetzt ein überaus brisanter Richterspruch. Denn zum einen kann es gut sein, dass demnächst die italienischen Mittäter zu Strafen verurteilt werden, die sie effektiv absitzen müssen. Zum anderen gerät Italiens Regierung in große Verlegenheit: Auf der Basis des Urteils müsste sie jetzt die Auslieferung der amerikanischen Täter vorantreiben.weiter:
Italy’s high court upholds convictions of 23 Americans in Abu Omar rendition
[WashingtonPost] Italy’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans — nearly all current or former CIA officers — for playing roles in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terrorism suspect in 2003. The Americans face prison sentences ranging from seven to nine years, but they were tried in absentia and are highly unlikely to be extradited.
De Sousa said that the evidence against her was highly circumstantial and that senior U.S. government officials who planned the rendition deserve to be held accountable. Romano said the Italian Supreme Court’s ruling surprised him because prosecutors had asked the judges to drop the charges against him, saying he deserved NATO immunity.weiter:
“I am not angry, I am just disappointed. I am saddened,” Romano said Wednesday. “The government of Italy violated [my immunity.] I believe their courts have lost their legitimacy.”
In an interview Wednesday, Spataro applauded the court ruling and said NATO immunity does not protect those who participate in kidnappings.
Jenks on Italy, the Abu Omar Rendition Prosecution, and Violation of the NATO SOFA
[lawfareblog] The following is a guest post from Chris Jenks. Chris formerly was a Judge Advocate and Chief of the International Law Branch at the U.S. Army’s Office of The Judge Advocate General. Now he is an assistant professor of law and director of the criminal justice clinic at the SMU Dedman School of Law.
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