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Law and Public Policy

The Challenges of International Criminal Justice: Mass Atrocities, the International Criminal Court, and the Role of States

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the world’s only permanent international court with a mandate to investigate and prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Now in its twelfth year, the Court has grown rapidly in international stature and prestige, yet faces many challenges. Does the ICC deter crimes and foster peace? What responsibilities lie with the ICC in prosecuting mass atrocities committed around the world? Where do states fit into it all, and how can they engage more fully with the ICC?

Presented by the Aspen Institute Justice & Society Program and the American Bar Association-International Criminal Court Project, in partnership with the Coalition for the International Criminal Court

This event is by invitation only.

Agenda

2:15pm The U.S. role in international criminal justice: past, present, and future

The Honorable Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator for Vermont (participation to be confirmed)
The Honorable Stephen J. Rapp, U.S. Ambassador-at-large for Global Criminal Justice
The Honorable Patricia Wald, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and former Judge, United Nations-International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
o Moderated by William R. Pace, Convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court

4:00pm Successes and Challenges at the ICC 

Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
The Honorable Richard J. Goldstone, former Prosecutor of the United Nations-International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
o Moderated by Michael S. Greco, former president of the American Bar Association and chair of the ABA-ICC Project 

5:30pm Reception

Event information
Date
Thu Apr 10, 2014
2:15pm - 6:30pm GMT+0000
Location
Jones Day Building, 51 Louisiana Ave NW, (Use New Jersey Ave entrance)
Washington, DC, United States