Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson were among those campaigners reported to be looking at the options for bringing a private prosecution in relation to the Pope's alleged cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.Now Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has proposed changes to the rules on universal jurisdiction, a law that allows individuals to be prosecuted in the UK for serious offences such as war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture even if they were carried out abroad.
The plans would mean the Director of Public Prosecutions would need to give his consent to any arrest warrant issued under universal jurisdiction.
The moral of this lesson is: the people have no real power. Rules can change in the middle of the game. It's the lesson of the dungeon master.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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