(R(TR)) United Nations of Esamir v. Queen Leo et al.

---

Whereas the International Court of Justice has been requested by the Security Council of the United Nations of Esamir to conduct an investigation into the events leading up to and during the Civil Conflict in the Queendom of the Khanate,

Whereas the Court is aware that the Civil Conflict in the Queendom of the Khanate has resulted in mass civilian casualties,

The Court opens these proceedings against Queen Leo of the Khanate et al.. The Prosecution, made up of the Prosecutor-General and/or any other member states who have presented evidence, will begin.

---

The International Court of Justice invites the prosecution to present its evidence pertaining to the matter. The Defense will then present their positoon, and oral arguments will then begin.

The ICoJ and the Chief Justice maintain the right to end, prematurely, the oral arguments and to ask any questions pertinent to the case.

Should sufficient evidence be presented, the Jury will vote on the matter and the Court will issue a sentence.

---

Defense: Queen Leo of the Khanate

Prosecution: Prosecutor-General et al.

Court: Chief Justice Eurasia, Associate Justices Kaevi, Arveyres, Duresia

Queen Leo of the Khanate as the head of state of the Khanate has violated Article 3.4 of the Criminal Offense and Prosecutor-General Operational Resolution by ordering her forces to specifically target members of a region, the Cult of Jashin in this case. This action is evident in Document ♈. In Document ♉, Queen Leo can be seen declaring members of the religion "monsters" and ordered her forces to lay it wait at the border of the Jashinist-controlled area to attack at her command.

While we understand that the Cult of Jashin actively participates in human sacrifice, the acknowledgement by Queen Leo's government that the group is religious in nature means that she knowingly attacked a religious group. Even though she is a sovereign who was probably fighting for what she assumed to be right, Queen Leo must be held to the standard of every other Esamiran citizen and stand for the war crime she committed.

She can also be seen fleeing her nation in Document ♊ after realizing she could not fight back against a new, greater wave of rebels in her nation. While this may not constitute a crime, it does give insight to her character. By abandoning her nation, she essentially condemned her people to the might of the Jashinist forces. Queen Leo used her soldiers as tools to assure her own power and when she ran out of soldiers, she fled.

Document ♈: https://esamirforum.forumotion.net/t220p70-esamir-international-news-network#5754
Document ♉: https://esamirforum.forumotion.net/t220p60-esamir-international-news-network#5743
Document ♊: https://esamirforum.forumotion.net/t220p90-esamir-international-news-network#5835

The Court will now hear from the Defense.

Thank you. The Court will now begin oral arguments.

The Court wishes to inquiry on the statement made by both the prosecution and the Queen.

First, the Prosecution claims that Queen Leo fled the Khanate when the war began to break down, condemning her people to more suffering before the UNEPF intervention. The Queen, however, claims that she left for the "[G]ood of her Queendom."

Does the Queen consider that she put the good of her Queendom first, when her fleeing lead the forces fighting in the Khanate, primarily Eurasian, to lose significant ground?

Further, the Queen, following her flight to Eurasia, did not lead the remaining loyalist forces in any capacity, instead leaving this to the Eurasian Military. The Court requests clarification as to what the Queen's intentions were upon leaving, to be precise.

As Prosecutor for this Court, I would ask to Her Majesty to actually present to the Court evidences to sustain her defense, in opposition to what Kaevi as given to this Court.
You are not here to present a long description of your character, but to give a full, detailed and sound defense to the charges against you.
So, please, present the counter-evidences.

We wish to remind to Her Majesty that neither this Court nor this Office, which answers solely to the Court, fall under her authority. As such, please, moderate your language.
So said, coming to the evidence you provided to this Court, we honestly do not see anything proving your charges against the UNE or otherwise countering the charges put against you.
Please, explain yourself.

In order not to abuse of the patience of the Court, we will skip your insults.

As Prosecutor General, seeing also the uncooperative behavior of the defendant, we believe the Court has all the evidences and facts needed to make a judgment upon this case.
It is our opinion that the evidences provided by the defendant are inconsistent and flawed, and that they do not constitute any valid argument against the evidences given by Kaevi to this Court.
Also, we express our firm opposition on any kind of exoneration.

Thank you.

The Court accepts the motion from the prosecution to end the oral debates. It will now hear closing arguments and will then appoint jury members.

The Court requests the position of the Prosecution.

The Prosecutor General believes the evidences presented to this Court by Kaevi perfectly testify that Queen Leo has been not only unable, but unwilling, to find a really suitable solution to the conflict which was taking so an heavy toll on her own people.
Her behavior in this Court demonstrated too well that she acted simply caring about her own security. While it is not the duty of this Court to judge about the behavior of individuals or the decisions of sovereign States about their own domestic affairs, here there has been a clear breach of human rights, as guaranteed by our Constitution: Queen Leo, with her behavior, condemned hundreds of thousands of innocents to be killed, or worst, forcing a major international intervention, thus even escalating the war further.
Thus, it is our opinion that the Queen shall be prosecuted for her violations of human rights.
The evidences provided to this Court are more than sufficient to reach a verdict.

Thank you. The Court will announce the verdict of the jury shortly.

We the jury find the defendant, Queen Leo of the Khanate, GUILTY of human rights violations.