The International Criminal Court and the Crime of Aggression - Panel 4

September 26, 2008
War Crimes Research Symposium presented by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center

Panel 4 A Roundtable Discussion about the Process by which Aggression is Included in the Statute and its Effect on Non-Party States

Moderator: Don Ferencz, Director, The Planethood Foundation, Prof. M. Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University College of Law, Prof. Roger Clark, Rutgers University School of Law, Astrid Reisinger Coracini, University of Graz, Austria, Stefan Barriga, Counsellor/Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of Lichtenstein to the U.N.

Summary: Sixty years ago, the Nuremberg Tribunal convicted the Nazi leaders of waging a war of aggression, prompting Nuremberg Prosecutor Robert Jackson to declare that this was the most important contribution of the Nuremberg Tribunal. Until the advent of the International Criminal Court, however, none of the modern international tribunals had been given jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. But the ICC Statute stipulates that before the Court can exercise jurisdiction over this crime the States Parties must adopt a provision at the Review Conference (scheduled for 2010) setting forth a definition of aggression and the conditions under which the Court could exercise its jurisdiction over it. The ICC Assembly of State Parties has set up a Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression, whose work is in progress, but the United States has refused to participate in the proceedings.

In an effort to advance the initiative, Case Western Reserve Universitys Frederick K. Cox International law Center and the above named co-sponsors are hosting a symposium and experts meeting, featuring foremost academic and international experts on the topic of the ICC and the Crime of Aggression. The Report of the Experts Meeting, along with articles generated from the symposium, will be published in the spring 2009 issue of the Case Western Journal of International Law, copies of which will be provided to the participants of the ICC Special Working Group and the members of the Assembly of State Parties.

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[pvrp115]

@bwenky Nope, that's just coincidence. It should also try Asian and western (if there are any)) war criminals in the near future.

[Bozewani]

Love the swiss cheese reference. Perfect metaphor for international human rights law.!

[danielcooper1000]

We can never find justice at the hands of corrupt judges. (See YouTube videos) Judge to Judge on Illegal Payments to Judges / Evil Triangle of Court Corruption / Richard Fine / Dr Shirley Moore /SBX 211. The fight to end this title wave of corruption in our country must start with the corrupt judges. We can not bring evidence of corruption to corrupt judges. Los Angeles Superior Court judges are illegally and unconstitutionally taking 50,000.00 each for a total of 23 million per year.

[STEEMART2323]

@bwenky No.....but that is a legit concern considering thats all that has happened so far...but to be fair the ICC is young and trying to be seen as legitimate so it has to limit its cases early on....it is still considering Colombia.

[bwenky]

one of my question is that is the ICC established to try African Leaders only????