There I was thinking you were talking about the International Cricket Council - which is also pretty much ineffective and pointless in the face of self-policing strategies and a dominant partner. In the case of cricket, it's India - which has all the money, the population and pretty much has the rest of the world (the cricket playing world) by the balls.
In the case of the great game - with regards to Sudan and Darfur - it's China that has the money, the military presence, the economic presence in the area isn't it? So it has the rest of us by the short and curlies.
Darfur and Africa are sort of like what Southeast Asia was in the 1950s - 1970s, 'cept we're not giving it a fancy name like 'the domino theory' - we're just chucking the human rights/genocide meme around.
When in fact - as usual it's about wants and needs.
In this case -
China wants oil - and the US/Western powers are bogged down in Iraq/Iran - and there's not much
anyone can do really.
Is that the "systems" fault? Nah - not really.
Unfortunately - due to blatant disregard and open hypocrisy to power plays over the last 10 years ie. Iraq, Zimbabwe, North Korea - and an inability to engage meaningfully by the main members of the Security Council (who are the only players with the military capability to do anything in cases like Darfur) - the system is non-existent.
And I'm not just pointing fingers at the US here - the African political leaders as a group have been spectacular in their ability to ignore the very people they profess to represent.
At least someone in the ICC is screaming a threat - it's not like Bono's efforts did much good.
But wait - weren't the G8 mob discussing something in Japan?
World food prices or some such fancy pants horseshit?
Basically - I'm even more cynical than you Sarc - and I've had a pretty chilled out week. The ICC is a reflection of the non-system - but also a symbol of the hope and belief that we can do something better about it. Like cacophony says though - until we all start giving it a go, this systems a non-starter.