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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE DAY, INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, UN World Day for
International Justice, Newsletter #5, July 17, 2014.
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of
Peace.
What’s at stake: a fair, effective, and
independent International Criminal Court and improved access to justice for
victims of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity
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UN International Justice Day, ICC Newsletter #5
UN
International Justice Day Newsletter, Google Search
International
Justice Day Coalition Activities
United
States and ICC, Google Search
US
Opposition to ICC
US
War Crimes, Google Search
Contact
Senators
Previous
UN IJD Newsletters
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International Justice Day Newsletter, Google Search, July 17, 2014
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The International Criminal Justice
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Non-Discrimination Branch of the UN Human Rights
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Wikipedia
World Day for International
Justice, also referred to as Day of International Criminal
Justice or International Justice Day is celebrated throughout
the world on July ... UNresolutions ... This page was last modified
on 17 February 2014 at 02:20.
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United
Nations
United
Nations ...
Message for the 2014 World Day of
Social Justice ... adoption by the International Labour
Organization of the Declaration on Social Justice for ...
www.unmultimedia.org/radio/library/2014/07/1137652.html
Press
conference entitled "International Justice Day: Issues facing the
International Criminal Court and Rome Statute system". 2014-07-15.
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JULY 2014. On 17 July, the world celebrates International
Justice Day (IJD) in honor of the anniversary of the adoption of the
Rome Statute, ... On 16 July, the Coalition will hold a live video conference
entitled, “Can the UN Security Council.
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UN INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE DAY
COALITION ACTIVITIES 17
JULY 2014
On 17 July, the world
celebrates International Justice Day (IJD) in honor of the anniversary of the
adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal
Court (ICC).
As
has been the case for many years, the Coalition for the International Criminal
Court—a global network of civil society organizations in 150 countries
advocating for a fair, effective and independent International Criminal Court
and improved access to justice for victims of genocide, war crimes and crimes
against humanity—will commemorate this day in solidarity with victims of crimes
against humanity, genocide and war crimes through a number of worldwide events.
Please find below a non-exhaustive list of events and actions undertaken by
members of the Coalition around this important date.
I.
Global
On
16 July, the Coalition will hold a live video conference entitled, “Can the UN
Security Council be Consistent on
Justice.” Panelists include William Pace, convenor of the Coalition for the
ICC; Radwan Ziadeh, director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies,
Syria; and Richard Dicker, director of the International Justice Program at
Human Rights Watch. The video conference begins at 10:00am EST/16:00pm CET, and
can be viewed on the Coalition’s YouTube or Google+ pages. For more
information, visit the #GlobalJustice blog.
On
17 July, the Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression and the
Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN will hold an interactive panel
event at the UN in New York, entitled, “Into the homestretch: towards the
activation of the Kampala Amendments on the crime of aggression.” Panelists
include ICC President Judge Sang-Hyun Song; Ambassador Andrej Logar, permanent
representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN; Ambassador Christian
Wenaweser, permanent representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the
UN; and Professor Beth van Schaack, Santa Clara University School of Law. David
Tolbert, executive director of the International Center for Transitional
Justice, will moderate.
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This is not an exhaustive list. Please contact
advocacy@coalitionfortheicc.org to share information on an event or for related
questions. For more information on IJD, visit:
http://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/?mod=rome and
http://internationalcriminaljusticeday.icc-cpi.info/
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II.
Africa
Benin
On
17 July, the Benin Coalition for the ICC will hold a conference on sexual and
gender-based violence in the DRC, entitled, “Justice: A Matter for All.” The
conference will be hosted by Commissioner Reine ALAPINI-GANSOU, former
chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, special
rapporteur in charge of human rights defenders and Beninese candidate for ICC
judge.
Cameroon
Coalition
member Afrique Justice will be hosting a workshop in Yaoundé on raising
awareness of atrocity crimes and the Rome Statute system.
Tanzania
On
17 July, the Children’s Education Society will host an event in Arusha raising
awareness of children affected by atrocity crimes.
Uganda
On
17-18 July, the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) will hold a high-level
meeting and peers-review of the PGA Complementarity Project in Uganda and the
Democratic Republic of Congo in Kampala, entitled, “Building political will and
capacity to Fight Impunity for the International Crimes within the Rome Statute
of the ICC System.” PGA also issued a statement commemorating IJD.
III.
Americas
El
Salvador
The
Salvadorian Coalition for the ICC will hold a press conference on IJD.
United
States
The
New York City Bar Association issued a statement commemorating IJD, stating its
support for the ICC.
The
American Bar Association Center for Human Rights issued a statement
commemorating IJD, and will launch a new website for its ICC Project on 17
July.
IV.
Asia-Pacific
Cambodia
From
17-20 July, Destination Justice will be hosting the multimedia Justice Matters
exhibit in Phnom Penh. The exhibit “uses intimate portraits and videos to
explore how justice is crucial to survivors of the world's most heinous crimes,
and how it matters to the world as we strive together to achieve lasting peace.
It also illustrates the daily matters of justice, inside the ICC 3
Courtroom
and behind the scenes, to show exactly what it takes to make justice happen.”
For more information, please contact Rodolphe Prom at
rodolphe@destinationjustice.org or +855 77
65
49 70 (Cambodia).
China
The
Chinese Initiative for International Criminal Justice (CIICJ), with support
from the Coalition for the ICC, will be hosting a workshop for the media and a
preview launch of the Justice Matters exhibition in Beijing. The event will
take place on 17 July and will feature an address by Donald Ferencz of the
Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression and speakers such as
Professor Ling Yan from the China University of Political Science and Law;
Michael Liu, CIICJ secretary general and civil party lawyer for the ECCC, among
others. For more information please contact: ijday2014@ciicj.org.
Malaysia
The
Malaysian Coalition for the ICC will issue a statement commemorating IJD.
Philippines
The
Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) will mark IJD
with a visit to detainees in Bicutan, Taguig on 16 July. There are 278
detainees in Bicutan who have been waiting to appear in court since they were
arrested in connection with the 20-day Zamboanga City Siege in September 2013.
Balay Rehabilitation, a PCICC member organization, is arranging the visit.
V.
Europe
VI.
Middle East & North Africa
Lebanon
On
21 July, Justice Without Frontiers (JWF), in collaboration with the Beirut Bar
Association, will organize a conference in Beirut on sexual and gender-based
crimes. Speakers include Brigitte Chelebian, founder/director of JWF; Colonel
Elie Asmar, head of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces department dealing
with sex crimes; and Rabiaa El Garani, a sexual and gender-based violence
specialist for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’
International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
On
22 July, JWF will organize an event focused on training Internal Security
Forces police officers on investigating sexual and gender-based crimes.
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Apr
2, 2013 - Bosco Ntaganda, gave himself up in March to the United
States Embassy in Rwanda and asked to be sent to the International
Criminal Court ...
www.amnestyusa.org/.../international.../intern...
Amnesty
International USA
The International
Criminal Court is the world's first permanent, international judicial
body capable of bringing perpetrators to justice and providing redress
to ...
www.globalissues.org
› Issues › International
Criminal Court
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26, 2004 - This part of the globalissues.org web site looks at the issue
of U.S.resistance to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
and various ways they ...
www.heritage.org/.../the-us-should-not-join-the-inte...
Heritage
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The United States has long championed human rights and
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United States government has consistently opposed an international court that
could hold US military and political leaders to a uniform global standard of
justice. The Clinton administration participated actively in negotiations
towards the International Criminal Court treaty, seeking Security Council
screening of cases. If adopted, this would have enabled the US to veto any
dockets it opposed. When other countries refused to agree to such an unequal
standard of justice, the US campaigned to weaken and undermine the court. The
Bush administration, coming into office in 2001 as the Court neared
implementation, adopted an extremely active opposition. Washington began to
negotiate bilateral agreements with other countries, insuring immunity of US
nationals from prosecution by the Court. As leverage, Washington threatened
termination of economic aid, withdrawal of military assistance, and other
painful measures. The Obama administration has so far made greater efforts to
engage with the Court. It is participating with the Court's governing bodies
and it is providing support for the Court's ongoing prosecutions. Washington,
however, has no intention to join the ICC, due to its concern about possible
charges against US nationals.
UN Documents | Articles
UN Documents
Why the United States Is
So Opposed (December 2003)
In
this Crimes of War article Paul W. Kahn analyzes the US opposition to the
International Criminal Court. Kahn argues that the jurisdiction of the Court
has become the site for a symbolic battle between law and politics for the US,
a nation that believes that politics has priority over law.
America Service Members
Protection Act 2002
This
text is the original version as introduced into the US senate. The Act deepens
the US refusal to cooperate with the ICC and it gives authority to the
executive branch to "use all necessary means" to "free members
of the armed forces of the United States 'detained' by the ICC."
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in Afghanistan. "Last spring, the remains of 10 missing Afghan villagers
were dug up outside a US ...
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Celebration of the World Day for International Justice
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Creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
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Status of Ratification of the ICC
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Relations of the Obama Administration With the ICC
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Cases Under Way at the ICC
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Latest Developments vis a vis Prosecutions
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Expectations for the Future?
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Comparison with the International Court of Justice
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Precursor(s) of the ICC
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