In the wake of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, there is a clear need for effective systems of national and international justice and accountability. Made possible by the generous support of the MacArthur Foundation, the CFR Program on International Justice examines the work of international criminal tribunals, including the International Criminal Court, and issues such as universal jurisdiction. The program is directed by Adjunct Senior Fellows John B. Bellinger III and Matthew C. Waxman. The program published a special report to prepare for the International Criminal Court's seven year review conference, which took place in Kampala, Uganda, in 2010. In 2011, the program produced a special report that recognizes the limitations of current Hague-based international justice systems and provides a strategy for promoting national-level justice and accountability mechanisms to prosecute perpetrators of mass atrocity crimes.
Directors: John B. Bellinger III, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law, and Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy January 1, 2011—June 30, 2011
Directors: John B. Bellinger III, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law, and Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy January 25, 2010—April 30, 2010
The United States faces a series of difficult policy and strategic questions with respect to its participation in the upcoming International Criminal court (ICC) Review Conference at Kampala, Uganda. The conference will consider the addition of the definition of the crime of aggression as well as a restriction on the rights of states to opt out of the Court's jurisdiction over war crimes. The conference may also consider proposals that the United States strongly opposed in the 1998 Rome negotiations. This Council Special Report will recommend primary and secondary objectives for the United States at the conference and suggest steps the Obama administration should take to best empower American negotiators to achieve those objectives.
Speaker: David Tolbert, International Center for Transnational Justice Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
March 17, 2011
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Speaker: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, International Criminal Court Presiders: John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
December 8, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Serge Brammertz
Speaker: Serge Brammertz, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Presiders: John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
December 7, 2010
Speakers: Michael Abramowitz, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Lucian Perkins Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
October 28, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
U.S. Policy Toward the Upcoming International Criminal Court Review Conference
Speakers: Stephen J. Rapp, U.S. Department of State Harold Hongju Koh, U.S. Department of State Rosa Brooks, U.S. Department of Defense Discussants: William H. Taft IV, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations Presider: Patricia Wald, Former Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
May 14, 2010
This meeting, cosponsored with the American Society of International Law, was part of CFR's Program on International Justice, and was made possible by the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The History of the Rome Conference Negotiations and Implications for the Kampala Review Conference
Speaker: Wiliam K. Lietzau, U.S. Department of Defense Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
March 22, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
The History of the Rome Conference Negotiations and Implications for the Kampala Review Conference
Speaker: David J. Scheffer, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University Law School Presider: John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations
March 3, 2010
Pursuing International Justice: A Conversation with Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Speakers: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC) Stephen M. Schwebel, Former President and Judge, International Court of Justice
February 4, 2010
Recently, ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo expressed plans to investigate alleged crimes against humanity during post-election violence in Kenya, and is considering an investigation of alleged war crimes during the 2008 Gaza War. To date, situations in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and Darfur have been referred to the ICC. Please join Luis Moreno-Ocampo to discuss these issues, case selection, and the foreign policy implications of the ICC’s work.
International Criminal Tribunals - Lessons from Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia
Speakers: Ambassador Clint Williamson, U.S. Department of State Richard Dicker, International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch Presiders: John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
November 30, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
The International Criminal Court and the Crime of Aggression
Speaker: Ambassador Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Presiders: John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
October 20, 2009
The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's "think tank"—is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called "fellows"). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda. Download the printable CFR Experts Guide.
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