Why the International Criminal Court has failed, before it has even started. First, it seems to reflect the desire of the White Man to punish the Black Man. Look at the examples: "Its prosecutors have delved deeply into horrible wars in Congo, Sudan and Uganda. The court's first trial—of Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese warlord, accused of using children as soldiers—is due to start later this year. The first indictments for the mass killings in Sudan's Darfur region are expected next month. Five leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army have already been indicted. One has since been killed, but the other four face trial when caught. An investigation into atrocities in a fourth, as yet unnamed, country is due to be announced soon." Secondly, the court has adamantly refused to "judge" the conduct of the US war and occupation in Iraq: "[US] Administration officials were impressed by the court's carefully reasoned rejection of the hundreds of allegations it has received regarding America's role in Iraq—including suggestions that it was guilty of aggression or even genocide. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the court's chief prosecutor, argued as follows: first, the war involved states (Iraq and America) that are not members and therefore lie outside the court's jurisdiction..."