An International Court of Human Rights shall be created and begin hearing cases when 50 countries have ratified IBOR without reservations. The Court shall include one judge from each country that ratifies IBOR. Regional Courts, subject to review by the International Court, and including one judge from each country in the region, shall also be organized through the continued operation of existing Regional Courts and the creation of new ones.
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My concern is that I did not see language requiring that the panel of judges are representative of the world community (e.g., if all 50 countries select men or women or Caucasians…).
IBOR builds upon the existing Regional Court system. One of the primary reasons the world now finds itself gravitating toward authoritarian government and despotism is that Regional Courts have not been strengthened and expanded. As Renee Cassin said when he was awarded the Nobel Peace prize for his work on the UDHR and the European Court of Human Rights, “It works.”