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EYES on the ICC:
WHAT AMERICANS
WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT THE NEW
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

October 26, 2002


(Cambodia Photo by David Hawk)

The twentieth century was the bloodiest in human history,
with 174 million people killed in genocide and mass murders.
Many new terrors loom.

So the world is moving to end impunity for individuals who commit internationally recognized crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide. The new International Criminal Court may investigate and prosecute if the crime occurs in a country that accepts its jurisdiction, or is committed by a citizen of that country, or if the UN Security Council refers the case. The court may act only if the nation having jurisdiction over the offender is genuinely unwilling or unable to prosecute. The United States took part in drafting the ICC Statute, signing it on 31 December 2000, but then "unsigning" it in May 2002. The International Criminal Court will be established even without the US Government's support, so American citizens need to know more about it.

Moderator:
John Shattuck
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights;
CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation

Panelists:
Jane Rocamora
Vice President of the International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
Nicholas Rostow
Legal Counsel, US Mission to the United Nations
John Washburn
Convenor of the American NGO Coalition for the ICC

Other Workshop Presenters:
Professor Ken Rodman
Colby College
Professor Allen Springer
Bowdoin College


Organizing Sponsors:
Amnesty International (Maine)
International Law Society of University of Maine School of Law
United Nations Association (Maine Chapter)
Co-sponsors:
Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine
Independent Student Coalition for the ICC
Maine Model UN Program
Maine Veterans for Peace
Peace Action Maine
Physicians for Social Responsibility/Maine Chapter
Unitarian Universalist Association, Northeast District
United Church of Christ Maine Conference
USM Political Science Department
World Affairs Council of Maine
World Federalist Association (Maine Chapter)


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