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The Rome Treaty adopted in July of 1998 commenced the process to establish a permanent International Criminal Court for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The treaty and work of the post-treaty proceedings are available for the interpretation and application by victims' rights advocates, international legal scholars, international and domestic lawyers, military lawyers and officers, and civilian policy makers, who must now become familiar with this new document and anticipate its present and future effect on their plans and decisions.
The world has recorded too many instances of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, when there was no response from the international community. The Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals set precedent for these international crimes and the ad hoc Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda continue to prosecute these crimes. Despite successes in the temporary tribunals, international crimes continue to be committed. The United Nations has acted solely and refused to establish other ad hoc tribunals, despite well documented evidence of many other occurrences of these crimes.
International cooperation is required to prosecute these international criminals. The International Criminal Court will establish a consistent system to bring those accused of the most serious of international crimes to justice, and will provide a forum for victims in those situations where there is no other effective court to protect them.
Active American participation in the process of establishing and in the functioning of the court will add substantially to making it an effective protector of human rights. High procedural standards protect the rights of accused criminals, while providing for prosecutions when there would otherwise be none. The treaty promotes national prosecutions for these crimes, and will act only when no national courts are genuinely willing or able to prosecute or investigate those accused of these crimes.
Peace through Justice: The International Criminal Court will be a permanent court created by a treaty. The treaty entered into force on July 1, 2002. By September 19, 2002, 130 nations had signed the treaty, and 81 had ratified it. The court should commence operations sometime in 2003.
We believe the International Criminal Court will promote a just and equitable international legal system that will address the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, when there are no other courts willing or able to prosecute.
The International Criminal Court Alliance will provide information regarding the need for the United States to participate with the International Criminal Court and explore how such a court will and should operate. We will report and publicize the proceedings of the court and related developments. We can assist in finding speakers for small or large groups and in organizing forums and seminars.
We invite your participation in our efforts to promote Peace through International Law.
International Criminal Court Alliance
Sean Butler, President and Secretary
Tom Camarella, Vice
President
Shirin Ershadi, Treasurer
Marvin Schachter, President
Emeritus
Members of the Steering Committee
Najila K. Brent
Andrea Capacietti
Tad Daley
Sharon Elliott
Kathy
Emanuel
Ted Leutzinger
Maggie Pena
Marguerite Spears
Eric Garcetti, Advisory Member
The members of the ICCA mourn the loss of our friend and colleague Daniel
Magel, our former president between 2001 and 2003, who passed away September 9,
2003. He and his endless efforts for human rights and the ICC will be sorely
missed.
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