EVENT: A Seven Year Assessment of the International Criminal Court: Accomplishments, Next Steps, and U.S. Priorities

A Seven Year Assessment of the International Criminal Court:
Accomplishments, Next Steps, and U.S. Priorities

Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, Time: 10:30 AM
Location: 428A Russell, Russell Senate Office Building

Systematic rape, mass murders, child soldiers - if these crimes go unpunished, will they be repeated tomorrow? The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the only permanent tribunal capable of bringing to justice the world's most heinous criminals accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity when there is no other recourse. July 17, 2009 is International Justice Day and marks the birthday of the ICC. An expert panel will highlight the Court's accomplishments, its future, efforts to bring the "crime of aggression" under the Court's jurisdiction at its 2010 Review Conference, and how the U.S. can engage the ICC and play a constructive role in bringing war criminals to justice. This briefing is sponsored by Citizens for Global Solutions and Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT).

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Panelists:

	Moderator- Don Kraus, CEO, Citizens for Global Solutions Don Kraus is the CEO of Citizens for Global Solutions and he moderated this panel. Previously, he served as the organization's Executive Vice-President where he directed the Government Relations Department and the Political Action Committee.
	The Honorable Patricia Wald Judge Patricia Wald is an influential American jurist and Chair of the American Society of International Law task force on the International Criminal Court. She served as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and as a Judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
	Tod Lindberg Tod Lindberg is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He has written many books on foreign policy, including The Political Teachings of Jesus and Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide, and is working on a new book with Lee Feinstein on the ICC called Means to an End: U.S. Interest in the International Criminal Court.
	Benjamin B. Ferencz Ben Ferencz was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, serving as Chief Prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. He has long been an advocate for human rights and the establishment of the International Criminal Court, publishing several books including Defining International Aggression- the Search for World Peace.

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