This tendency towards impunity is further encouraged by the US and other major countries that are not parties to the treaty even though they support ICC actions.
But campaigners believe that if the SCSL convicts a former president for these sorts of crimes too, it would be an even bigger step towards ending impunity.
Despite this public-relations bungle, issuing the warrants marks a big step towards ending impunity for those guilty of the worst atrocities.
An alliance with authoritarian powers, made blindly or naively, can too easily involve the abandonment of values, a dangerous sense of impunity and even indifference towards the worst abuses.
Many were rescued off the coast of Libya, where an ongoing civil war has allowed people smugglers to launch dangerously overcrowded vessels towards Europe with impunity.
Many South American countries have been marked by a culture of violence towards the media and impunity for killers.
UN Women wants to use the summit, which is heavily weighted towards prosecution and ending impunity, to highlight economic empowerment as a key issue for women.
"Disclosure of Afghan victims from 70s killings is big step towards accountability and ending impunity for past human rights violations," said the head of human rights for the UN in Afghanistan, Georgette Gagnon, on Twitter.
(female, 40, caring for 7-year-old niece) Staff who are not pleased with patients can act negatively towards them with relative impunity and patients have no power to assert their needs or dissatisfaction.
In the past South Koreans tolerated a certain level of corruption, but slower growth and a perception of rising inequality have changed attitudes towards the culture of political impunity.Among those pardoned by Mr Lee is Choi See-joong, a former cabinet member and political mentor of the president.
