Resources
Gary Bass, a professor of international relations at Princeton University and author of Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals, discusses the historical trials and tribulations of International Justice. Watch >
Since the 1980's, a Northern Uganda separatist movement called The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has killed over 60,000 of their own people and displaced nearly 2 million who were pushed into government camps. Across Northern Uganda people wait until it's safe enough to return home. Watch >
Take a ride through Gulu, Uganda with Christopher Oyat, a 28 year old boda boda, or moto taxi driver. Oyat describes his life as a child soldier with the Lords Resistance Army. Watch >
To understand more about The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the crisis happening now in DR Congo, visit Human Rights Watch >
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Articles
Cohen, Roger. “A Court for a New America.” New York Times, December 4, 2008, Opinion section.
Grono, Nick. “The International Criminal Court: Success or Failure?” openDemocracy, June 9, 2008. Web link (retrieved January 30, 2009).
Grono, Nick and Adam O’Brien. “Justice in Conflict? The ICC and Peace Processes.” In “Courting Conflict? Justice, Peace and the ICC in Africa”, Royal African Society, Nicholas Waddell and Phil Clark (eds.), March 2008. Web link (retrieved January 30, 2009).
Ikenberry, G. John. “Political and Legal.” Book Review, Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals by Gary J. Bass. Foreign Affairs 79 (6), November/December 2000.
“Judging the ICC: The cases for and against U.S. participation in the International Criminal Court.” Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2009, Opinion section.
Kaye, David. “The U.S. must reengage with the International Criminal Court.” Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2009, Opinion section.
Kissinger, Henry. “The Pitfalls of Universal Jurisdiction.” Foreign Affairs 80 (4), July/August 2001.
Neier, Aryeh. “The Quest for Justice.” New York Review of Books 48 (4), March 8, 2001.
Roth, Kenneth. “The Case for Universal Jurisdiction.” Foreign Affairs 80 (5), September/October 2001.
Scheffer, David and Ashley Cox. “The Constitutionality of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.” Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 98 (3), 2008: 983-1068.
Scheffer, David J. “Court Order.” Foreign Affairs 80 (6), November/December 2001.
Scheffer, David. “The Security Council’s Struggle over Darfur and International Justice.” Jurist Legal News and Research, August 20, 2008, Forum section. Web link.
Simons, Marlise. “International Court Begins First Trial.” New York Times, January 27, 2009.
Simons, Marlise. “Spanish Court Weights Inquiry on Torture for 6 Bush-Era Officials.” New York Times, March 29, 2009.
Snyder, Jack and Leslie Vinjamuri. “Trials and Errors: Principle and Pragmatism in Strategies of International Justice.” International Security 28 (3), Winter 2003/04: 5-44.
Wedgwood, Ruth. “Fiddling in Rome: America and the International Criminal Court.” Foreign Affairs 77 (6), November/December 1998.
Wippman, David. “Exaggerating the ICC.” In Bringing the Power to Justice? The Prospects of the International Criminal Court. Joanna Harrington, Michael Milde, Richard Vernon, eds. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006.
Books
Allen, Tim. Trial Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Lord’s Resistance Army. London: Zed Books, 2006.
Bass, Gary Jonathan. Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000.
Finnstrom, Sverker. Living With Bad Surroundings. Duke University Press, 2008.
Green, Matthew. The Wizard of the Nile: The Hunt for Africa’s Most Wanted. Northampton: Olive Branch Press, 2009.
Schabas, William A. An Introduction to the International Criminal Court: 3rd Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Walzer, Michael. Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations. New York: Basic Books, 1977.
Interviews
McMahon, Robert. “Bellinger Says International Court Flawed But Deserving of Help in Some Cases.” Interview with John Bellinger, July 10, 2007. Web link (retrieved March 11, 2009).
Reports
“Chronology of the International Criminal Court.” International Criminal Court, 2009. Web link.
Elsea, Jennifer K. “U.S. Policy Regarding the International Criminal Court.” CRS Report for Congress, August 29, 2006. Web link
Grono, Nick. “What Comes First, Peace or Justice?” Presentation to the Program on Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University, March 12, 2007. Web link (retrieved January 30, 2009).
“The ICC at a Glance.” International Criminal Court, Web link.
Scheffer, David and John Hutson. “Strategy for U.S. Engagement with the International Criminal Court.” A Century Foundation Report, 2008. Web link.
Speeches
Bellinger, John B. “Bellinger’s Speech on International Criminal Justice.” Remarks at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, November 14, 2008. Web link (retrieved March 2, 2009).
Bellinger, John B. “Bellinger’s Speech on the United States and the International Criminal Court.” Remarks at DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, IL, April 25, 2008. Web link (retrieved March 11, 2009).
Evans, Gareth. “Justice, Peace and the International Criminal Court.” Presentation to the Second Public Hearing of the Office of the Prosecutor, The Prosecutorial Strategy for 2007-09, The Hague, September 25, 2006. Web link (retrieved January 30, 2009).
Moreno-Ocampo, Luis. “Combating Genocide and Other Massive Crimes—The International Criminal Court’s Contribution.” Prosecutor’s address at the Commemoration of the 60 Years of the Genocide Convention, December 7, 2008. Web link.
