With another blow to American/Turkish relations, President Biden acknowledged the 1915 Armenian Genocide. This has been in dispute between the two countries for many years. However, the U.S. has been moving toward this for some time. In 2019, there was a joint resolution by both Houses of Congress. In addition, even President Reagan talked about the “Armenian Genocide in context of the Holocaust. However, this was the first time the a sitting President took such a bold stand. It should be added, relations have continued to deteriorate between President Erdogan and multiple U.S. administrations.

Rule of Law only works if everybody buys into it. To ignore genocide only serves to encourage it.

As Minnesota based criminal defense attorney, Jack walks into courtrooms everyday to defend his clients’ rights. This is critical. At the same time, Rule of Law and an acknowledgment of pasty wrongs is equally critical if we are to have legal systems around the world that are seen as legitimate. This is the reason Jack trained at the International Criminal Court. This is why he has worked teaching trial advocacy in Russia, Republic of Georgia, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and on and on and on.

Jack appeasr on RT Arabic with an immediate translation throughout the Arabic world today to discuss the Human right impact that this decision could have. He is hopeful that an announcement will eventually lead to an acknowledgement.

Jack Rice is the founder of Jack Rice Defense, a Minnesota based criminal defense law firm. He is a former prosecutor, a Board Criminal Law Speclialst, and a criminal defense attorney. In addition, he teaches trial advocacy all over the world to bot prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys.