Barrister Julian Burnside campaigning to the ICC to investigate Abbott gov

Well well well. Looks like this whole International Criminal Court thing isn't going to go away at all. Oh I'd just love to see Abbott and co in the dock at the Hague. 

One of the nation's senior barristers, Julian Burnside, has started a campaign to convince the International Criminal Court to investigate Prime Minister Tony Abbott and former immigration minister Scott Morrison for crimes against humanity committed on refugees in offshore detention centres. 

Mr Burnside, a Melbourne QC, told a Perth audience at the weekend he was trying to recruit high-profile international lawyers, including Amal Clooney, to conduct the investigation. 

"If we got Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison and a couple of others in the dock at The Hague, the Nuremberg Defence ("I was only following orders") wouldn't work," Mr Burnside told a sold-out auditorium at the University of WA. 

"I'm working on a plan to persuade the ICC to investigate the things that we are concerned about. 

"I think the fact that an investigation was happening would have a real, chilling effect on their conduct. 

"I'm trying to recruit (leading British barrister) Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney." more  

I note this article is right smack in the main stream media too. Wonder what Abbott thinks about all this then?