International Criminal Law Links in the United States

• Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (on Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)
• Universal Jurisdiction in Europe The State of the Art
• Trial Track
• JusticeUpdated : ICL Blog
• International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials
• International Criminal Law Society
• United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network(UNCJIN) was established in 1989 and includes the text of treaties, conventions, and national laws, court decisions, UN documents, and statistical sources relating to drugs, crime, and crime prevention.
• World Justice Information Network (WJIN at http://www.wjin.net or http://www.justinfo.net) serves as a central point of access to a global virtual library containing thousands of professional publications and is a worldwide criminal justice news monitoring tool. Features include a specialized criminal justice search engine and multilingual capabilities.
• Justice Information Center is divided into sections covering corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice statistics, drugs, international information, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research and evaluation, victims, and current highlights.
• Research Guide to International Law on the Internet, International Criminal Law is maintained by Massimo Magagni for the University of Bologna, Faculty of Political Science. This page covers many links for the International Criminal Court, the Ad Hoc Tribunals for Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and international criminal law in general.
• International Criminal Law is a comprehensive research guide created by Gail Partin as part of the ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law, a series of excellent research guides sponsored by the American Society of International Law.
• The NYU Law Library “Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases,” compiled and edited by Mirela Roznovschi has an “International Criminal Law” page which adds links to the Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT).
• Cecil Greek’s Criminal Justice Links: International Criminal Justice Resources links to Web sites for criminal law, law enforcement, crime prevention & peacemaking, and includes regional source lists for the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia, Africa, Asia, and South America.
• Crime Without Borders: The 2nd Annual Conference of The International Criminal Law Association (15 June 2001, at The Long Pension Room, Gray’s Inn, London; includes a panel by judges Richard Goldstone (ICTY & ICTR) and Richard May (ICTY) on “The Permanent International Criminal Court: Perspectives and Challenges”)
• Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law (Summer Session 2001, 5-17 August 2001, a two week summer course on International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law:

  With a special focus in international criminal jurisdiction, the law
  and practice of the ad-hoc Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for
  Rwanda, the Rome Statute of a permanent International Criminal Court
  (ICC)and its implemetation into domestic legal systems, the drafts of
  the Preparatory Commission for the Rules of Procedure and Evidence,
  elements of crimes, a definition of "Agression" and interrelating
  fields of law.

• Summer School on the International Criminal Court (July 28-August 4, 2001; “one-week course offering university students, legal professionals, NGO activists and public servants a detailed overview of the historical origins, legal basis, structure and future operations of the International Criminal Court; to be held at the Irish Centre for Human Rights of the Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway)
• Millennium 2000: Would an International Criminal Court Help or Hinder Pursuit of Global Justice? (transcript of CNN’s “Burden of Proof”s program on the ICC aired on January 2, 2000; guests included Anne-Marie Slaughter, Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, Patricia Wald, David Scheffer)
• REMARKS MADE BY JUDGE GABRIELLE KIRK McDONALD, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, New York, 30 July 1999 (Press Release, The Hague, 30 July 1999, JL/P.I.S./425-E)
• Symposium: The International Criminal Court (Journal of International Law and Practice, Detroit College of Law, Michigan State University, 27 March 1999; speaker, Amb. David Scheffer)
• The Permanent International Criminal Court: Will It Make a Difference for Peace and Human Rights? (Annual Conference, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School, 19-20 March, 1999)
• ADDRESSING AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NATIONS MUST SHOW WILL TO TAKE COLLECTIVE ACTION IN GLOBAL INTEREST (UN Press Release DSG/SM/44, 30 March 1999; UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on 26 March 1999 at the ASIL 93rd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.)
• Other Internet Resources
• International Criminal Court = Cour pénale internationale (official website of the ICC/CPI)
• International Criminal Court (major ICC web site of the NGO Coalition for an International Criminal Court (CICC))
• International Criminal Court (United Nations’ official ICC web page including links to the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (1999 Sessions: 16-26 Feb 1999; 26 Jul – 13 Aug 1999; 29 Nov – 17 Dec 1999), the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, ratification/status information, and other related documents)
• The International Criminal Court (Facts About the United Nations: Setting the Record Straight; United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) briefing paper)
• List of Signatories and Ratifications (Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; see also ICC-INFO distribution list for updated news)
• The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (done at Rome, 17 July 1998; A/CONF.183/C.1/L.76 and Addendums 1 through 14)
• UN Diplomatic Conference concludes in Rome with decision to establish permanent International Criminal Court (UN Press Release, L/ROM/22, 17 July 1998)
• Adopted: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998 (UN links)
• International Criminal Court Treaty Adopted at Rome Conference (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR)
• United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (UN; 15 June – 17 July 1998, Rome, Italy)
• The High Commissioner’s Position Paper on the Establishment of a Permanent International Criminal Court (Geneva, 15 June 1998, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR))
• International Criminal Court (Council of Europe Legal Affairs’ ICC page; includes translations of the Statute in member state languages)
• The CICC International Criminal Court Home Page (“primary NGO provider of online information about the proposed permanent International Criminal Court”; site maintained by the World Federalist Movement / Institute for Global Policy on behalf of the NGO Coalition for an International Criminal Court (CICC); includes links to the International Criminal Court Monitor Online and related documents; former URL was http://www.igc.org/icc/ which will continue to work in the foreseeable future)
• CICC-DE (Koalition für einen internationalen Strafgerichtshof – Deutsches Komitee (CICC-DE) – Coalition for an International Criminal Court – German Committee; see also the Komitee für ein effektives Völkerstrafrecht or Committee for an Effective International Criminal Law (CoeICL))
• International Criminal Law Society (ICLS; includes links to their reports analyzing the results of the UN PrepComs:
  • Report on the PrepCom about the Establishment of an International Criminal Court from 16th until the 26th of February 1999 in New York
  • Some observations on the second Preparatory Commission – a[n] NGO’s perspective
• The International Criminal Court (World Federalist Association WFA‘s ICC page; includes link to the WFA Campaign to End Genocide which “will work with members of the International Coalition for the International Criminal Court and with the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court to establish a strong and effective ICC, to support efforts to achieve the necessary ratifications and to encourage U.S. signature and ratification”)
• International Criminal Court (World Federalist Association (WFA) ICC Project)
• Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice in the International Criminal Court (ICC Women’s Caucus)
• Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice (site contains information about the Women’s Caucus and its work on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Optional Protocol to CEDAW; includes recent papers and publications, such as position papers distributed at the Preparatory Commissions at the ICC, reports, articles, newsletter and their recent document on the ICC for the Beijing+5 review)(Women’s Caucus)
• International Criminal Court (No Peace Without Justice ICC page; NPWJ; inlcudes PrepCom Reports/post-Rome documents)
• Japan NGO Network for an International Criminal Court (JNICC)
• International Criminal Court=Corte Penal Internacional (ICC/CPI; English- and Spanish-language ICC information and links pages by Derechos and Equipo Nizkor)
• The International Criminal Court: Ensuring Justice for Women (Amnesty International Report, March 1998; AI)
• Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction (July 23, 2001; PDF file; publication of the Princeton Project on Universal Jurisdiction of the Program in Law and Public Affairs of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; per LAPA press release, leading jurists and legal experts intended these principles as a:

          guide the prosecution of war crimes and other serious crimes under
          international law when there are no traditional jurisdictional
          links to the victims or perpetrators...

• Stephen Trimble, “Proposed War Crimes Tribunal Still Controversial” (Military.com, January 11, 2001)
• Exempting the United States from Equal Justice under Law (2000 “Point of View” column written by John L. Washburn, Co-chair, Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court; available via the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (CCEIA) web site)
• Benjamin B. Ferencz: Writings and Lectures on the International Criminal Court & World Peace (includes links to a brief biography, documents, and resource pages)
• Fanny Benedetti, “A Report on the Negotiations for the Creation of an International Criminal Court” (September 1999?; American University, Washington College of Law)
• The International Criminal Court Reparations to Victims of Crimes (Article 75 of the Rome Statute) and the Trust Fund (Article 79) (Dinah L. Shelton, Thordis Ingadottir, Cesare P.R. Romano and Shepard Forman; Meeting of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, July 26-August 13, 1999; New York University Center on International Cooperation)
• Proposed International Criminal Court (links from the July 27, 1999 Scout Report for the Social Sciences)
• John R. Bolton, Ruth Wedgwood, Anne-Marie Slaughter, & Kenneth Roth, Toward an International Criminal Court? (Council Policy Initiatives series; “Three Options Presented as Presidential Speeches, Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, Alton Frye, Project Director”, July 1999; also available via Columbia International Affairs Online(CIAO))

  Speech one. Endorse the International Criminal Court / Kenneth Roth --
  Speech two. Reject and oppose the International Criminal Court / John Bolton --
  Speech three. Improve the International Criminal Court / Ruth Wedgwood
  -- Appendix A. U.S. objections to the Rome Statute of the
  International Criminal Court -- Appendix B. Excerpts from the Rome Statute of
  the International Criminal Court.

• “Protection of United States Troops from Foreign Prosecution Act of 1999” (H.R. 2381, 106th Congress, 1st Session, introduced on June 29, 1999 by Representative Bob Ney; draft bill that prohibits U.S. aid to ICC ratifiers:

  To prohibit United States economic assistance for countries that
  ratify the treaty known as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal
  Court, a treaty that provides for the establishment of an International
  Criminal Court, an illegal and illegitimate institution that violates the
  principles of self-government and popular sovereignty, as well as
  accepted norms of international law, and for other purposes.

• Jomel J. Angat, A Pragmatic and Philosophical Justification for the International Criminal Court (ICC): A Response to U.S. Objections (Center for Global Security Studies, Strategic Briefs, June 1999)
• Rosaria Vigorito, “The Evolution and Establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC): A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Sources,” 30 International Journal of Legal Information 92-162 (2002). No. 1 (Spring 2002) available via Hein-On-Line to subscribers and International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) members.
• 1.16.5.3: Einsetzung und innere Struktur internationaler Strafgerichte / Creation and Internal Structure of International Criminal Tribunals / Création et structure interne des tribunaux internationaux (Bibliography from RAVE: research of articles and decisions in Public International Law and European Law)
• William Schabas, The International Criminal Court: A Bibliography (for September 28, 1998 presentation to McGill University, International Law Society)
• Lee A. Casey & David B. Rivkin, Jr., The International Criminal Court vs. The American People (The Heritage Foundation)
• Jerry Fowler, World Leadership and International Justice: The United States and the International Criminal Court, Translex – Transnational Law Exchange (v. 1, no. 6, February 1999, at 3-6)
• Jerry Fowler, The Rome Treaty for an International Criminal Court: A Framework of International Justice for Future Generations (Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Brief, v.6, #1, Fall 1998, at 1, 4-5, 20)
• Jeremy Rabkin, “A Dangerous Step Closer to an International Criminal Court” (January 2001, “On the Issues”, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI); article appeared in the January 3, 2001 Wall Street Journal)
• Michael P. Scharf, “The Politics Behind the U.S. Opposition to the International Criminal Court“, 1999 New England International and Comparative Law Annual.
• Michael P. Scharf, Results of the Rome Conference for an International Criminal Court (ASIL Insight, August 1998; American Society of International Law; includes list of recommended readings for more information)
• Michael P. Scharf, Rome Diplomatic Conference for an International Criminal Court (ASIL Insight, June 1998; American Society of International Law; brief background information with links to resources)
• International Criminal Court (American Society of International Law (ASIL; bibliography of journal articles; July 1998)
• ICC_2000_EN: ICC Ratification 2000; newsletter for parliamentarians and citizens on the campaign for the ratification by the year 2000 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court; Published by the Transnational Radical Party and by No Peace Without Justice, in French, English, Italian and Spanish; related pages (with list archives and instructions on how to subscribe and unsubscribe) at http://www.radicalparty.org/elist/main.htm and http://www.radicalparty.org/; see also http://www.listbot.com/ to subscribe, send a blank e-mail message to ICC_2000_EN-subscribe@listbot.com
• Campaign for a Permanent International Criminal Court = Campagna per un Tribunale Penale Internazionale Permanente (Amnesty International (AI), Italy Section)
• Amnesty International (AI):
  • The International Criminal Court: Fundamental Principles Concerning the Elements of Genocide (February 1999; AI INDEX IOR 40/01/99)
  • The International Criminal Court: 16 Fundamental Principles for a Just, Fair and Effective International Criminal Court (IOR 40/12/98, May 1998)
  • The International Criminal Court: Making the Right Choices – Part 1: Defining the Crimes and Permissible Defences and Initiating a Prosecution (AI – Amnesty International, IOR 40/01/97, January 1997)
  • The International Criminal Court: Making the Right Choices (Amnesty International reports and news releases)
• International Criminal Court Campaign (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR))
• International Criminal Court Briefing Paper Series (LCHR papers on the ICC:

       Pre-Trial Rights in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence
            (Rome Statute; February 1999)
       The International Criminal Court:  The Case for U.S. Support
            (December 1998)
       The Rome Treaty for an International Criminal Court:  A Brief
            Summary of the Main Issues (August 1998)
       Exercise of ICC Jurisdiction:  The Case for Universal
            Jurisdiction (May 1998)
       Establishing an International Criminal Court:  Major Unresolved
            Issues in the Draft Statute (May 1998; revision of August
            1996 paper)
       Basic Principles for an Independent and Effective International
            Criminal Court (ICC; May 1998)
       Establishing and Financing the International Criminal Court
            (March 1998)
       The Accountability of an Ex Officio Prosecutor (February 1998)
       Compliance with ICC Decisions (November 1997)
       The International Criminal Court Trigger Mechanism and the Need
            for an Independent Prosecutor (July 1997)
       Crimes within the ICC's Jurisdiction and Essential Elements of
            their Definition (February 1997)
       Fairness to Defendants at the International Criminal Court:
            Proposals to Strengthen the Draft Statute and Its Protection
            of Defendants' Rights (August 1996)
       Establishing an International Criminal Court:  Major Unresolved
            Issues in the Draft Statute (August 1996)

• Press Briefing of the NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) Coalition for an International Criminal Court (LCHR, New York, 4 June 1998)
• International Justice: International Criminal Court (Human Rights Watch (HRW) Campaign to Establish an International Criminal Court/ICC campaign page)
• ICC Ratification and Implementation (Human Rights Watch (HRW))
• The ICC Jurisdictional Regime: Addressing U.S. Arguments (HRW, October 1998)
• Commentary to the Preparatory Commission: Rules of Evidence and Procedure for the International Criminal Court (HRW, February 1999)
• “International Criminal Court“, Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 (HRW)
• “International Justice: International Criminal court“, Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 (HRW)
• U.N. Conference for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (Inter Press Service (IPS); includes TerraViva: The Daily Conference Newspaper and related links)
• International Criminal Court (United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA))
• American NGO Coalition for the ICC (AMICC)(“a coalition of 30 US non-governmental organizations that are committed to achieving full United States support for the ICC and the earliest possible US ratification of the Court’s Rome Statute)
• Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WWGICC; “a coodinating body for the Washington representatives of U.S. NGOs working for the establishment of, and U.S. participation in, the ICC; website contains resources, updates and information about the Court)
• On The Record: Your Link to the Rome Conference (daily newsletter/digest for advocates and campaigners supported by the Coalition for an International Criminal Court (CICC) and the Coalition for International Justice (CIJ))
• Campaign for the Establishment of the International Criminal Court (Agora links)
• International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD) (Canada) – background documents:
  1. Accountability for Serious International Crimes: Towards the Creation of the International Criminal Court: Summary of the Meeting of Experts, March 3-4, 1998
  2. Criteria for an Effective International Criminal Court (brief paper)
  3. Towards an Effective International Criminal Court: Meeting the Challenge
  4. Towards an International Criminal Court
• International Criminal Court (Papers and Reports, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada)
• Committee on the International Criminal Court (International Law Association (ILA), American Branch)
• International Criminal Law Interest Group (American Society of International Law (ASIL))
• International Criminal Law Committee (American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law and Practice, Public International Law Division)
• Proposed Rules of Procedure and Evidence for the International Criminal Court (prepared by American Bar Association (ABA) Working Group)
• International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI, DePaul University College of Law; Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, President; includes lists of publications related to International Criminal Law; older page at http://www.law.depaul.edu/~ihrli/ and alternate page (not working?) at http://www.law.depaul.edu/ihr_new.htm)
• Komitee für ein effektives Völkerstrafrecht (Committee for an Effective International Criminal Law (CoeICL, Konstanz, Germany; includes LISTSERV.KOSOVO@COEICL.DE electronic discussion group on NATO and international law)
• Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law = Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht (Freiburg, Germany)
• International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (Istituto Superiore Internazionale di Scienze Criminali (ISISC); Siracusa, Italy; sponsored by the International Association of Penal Law (IAPL))
• Salzburg Summer Law School on International Criminal Law (European Law Students’ Association (ELSA); First Summer Session : August 16th -27th 1999 Salzburg, Austria, in co-operation with ELSA Salzburg and the University of Salzburg Law Faculty; “The Salzburg Law School is an annual two-week summer course on International Criminal Law; it will provide training in international humanitarian law and the law of armed conflict, human rights, and international criminal jurisdiction to future participants in this rapidly evolving field…the First Summer Session will focus in particular on the law and practice of the ad hoc Tribunals and the soon-to-be-established International Criminal Court; the course will be made up of lectures, workshops and case study”; application deadline is the 10th of June)
• Diane Marie Amann, International Criminal Law (Internet resources page for seminar; University of California, Davis; moved?)
• Donna E. Arzt, International Criminal Law (Spring 1999, Syracuse University College of Law)
• Patrick Healy, International Criminal Law (McGill University Faculty of Law)
• Chris Ingelse, International Criminal Law (page of links to Internet resources; University of Maastricht, the Netherlands)
• Gail Partin, ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: International Criminal Law (American Society of International Law; research guide includes ICC information)
• Marylin J. Raisch & Gail Partin, Update to International Criminal Law: A Selective Resource Guide (Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX.com), October 15, 2001)
• Antonio Cassese, Is There a Need for International Criminal Justice? (Distinguished Lecture at the Summer Session of the Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 7 July 1997)
• Report on Constitutional Issues Raised By the Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Venice Commission, Council of Europe, 15 January 2001, CDL-INF (2001) 1) = Rapport sur les questions constitutionnelles soulevées par la ratification du Statut de Rome instituant la Cour pénale internationale (Commission de Venise, Conseil de l’Europe, 15 janvier 2001)(Report of the European Commission for Democracy through Law; see also Council of Europe Legal Affairs’ ICC page)
• Roemisches Statut des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs samt Erklaerung der Republik Oesterreich (29 September 2000; text of the ICC Statute in English and German together with the explanatory memorandum of the Austrian Federal Government to the Austrian Parliament)
• La Cour pénale internationale et Canada = Canada and the International Criminal Court (includes links to documents)
• Ley organica 6/2000, de 4 de octubre (law authorizing the ratification by Spain of the Statute of the International Criminal Court as published in the official gazette, Boletin Oficial del Estado (BOE), 4 October 2000)
• Traité Portant Statut de la Cour Pénale Internationale (France, Conseil Constitutionnel = Constitutional Council, DECISION 98-408 DC – 22 January 1998 – on the necessity to change the French Constitution to ratify the ICC Treaty; includes links to related documents in French)
• Interview with Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, M. Hubert Vedrine (Le Monde, Paris, 21 July 1998)
• Position de la France sur la Cour criminelle internationale (Allocution du ministre des Affaires étrangères, M. Hubert Védrine, Rome, 17 juin 1998)
• France’s Position on the International Criminal Court M. Hubert Védrine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, 17 June 1998, English text of speech)
• “Establishing an International Criminal Court” (James P. Rubin, Press Statement, U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesman, 2 April 1998)
• In Focus: International Criminal Court (v.3, no. 4, April 1998; U.S. Foreign Policy in Focus, A Project of the Institute for Policy Studies and the Interhemispheric Resource Center)
• Statement on Establishment of an International Criminal Court (International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), Vienna, Austria, 20 March 1998)
• International Criminal Court (page of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR)/Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte (IGFM); includes full text of the November 1999 special edition on the International Criminal Court of the Human Rights Worldwide magazine)
• International Law: International Criminal Court (links page of the United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations (USUN))
• Backgrounder: Debate on U.S. Participation in International Criminal Court (U.N. Prepcom to try to address U.S. concerns, resolve differences, by Stuart Gorin, USIA Staff Writer, Washington File (prepared by the U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs, July 19, 1999)
• American Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2000 (S. 2726, introduced by Senator Jesse Helms, June 2000; PDF file; see also summary)
• International Criminal Court: The Challenge of Jurisdiction (David Scheffer, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State, Address at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., 26 March 1999)
• Deterrence of War Crimes in the 21st Century (David J. Scheffer, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State, Twelfth Annual U.S. Pacific Command International Military Operations and Law Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 23 February 1999 ; includes section on U.S. Policy and the International Criminal Court)
• The International Criminal Court (David J. Scheffer, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State, Remarks before the 6th Commitee of the 53rd General Assembly, New York, NY, 21 October 1998)
• America’s Stake in Peace, Security and Justice (David J. Scheffer, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State, Statement on creating an International Criminal Court, Washington, D.C., 31 August 1998)
• Is the U.N. ICC in the U.S. National Interest? (hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 23 July 1998; S. HRG. 105-724, in PDF format)
• Developments at Rome Treaty Conference (David J. Scheffer, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues and Head of the U.S. Delegation to the UN Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of a Permanent International Criminal Court U.S. Department of State; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, D.C, 23 July 1998)
• Status of Negotiations on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (David J. Scheffer, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues and Head of the U.S. Delegation to the UN Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, U.S. Department of State, Rome, Italy, 15 July 1998)
• Accountability for War Crimes, Past and Future (David J. Scheffer, 21 May 1998)
• Seeking Accountability for War Crimes: Past, Present and Future (David J. Scheffer, 13 May 1998)
• Responding to Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (David J. Scheffer, 22 April 1998)
• U.S. Policy on International Criminal Tribunals (David J. Scheffer, 31 March 1998)
• An International Criminal Court: The Challenge of Enforcing International Humanitarian Law (David J. Scheffer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues; address before the Southern California Working Group on the International Criminal Court, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 26 February 1998)
• Witness and Victim Protection in International Criminal Courts (David J. Scheffer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues; address at Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 28 January 1998)
• Challenges Confronting International Justice (David J. Scheffer, 14 Jaunary 1998)
• U.S. Policy and the Proposed Permanent International Criminal Court (David J. Scheffer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues; address at the Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 13 November 1997)
• The Future of International Criminal Justice (David J. Scheffer, 19 September 1997)
• Lisa Hajar, “Alternatives to an International Criminal Court“, Middle East Report, Summer 1998 (Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP); includes an ICC information page)
• Joe Stork, “Constructing an International Criminal Court“, Middle East Report, Summer 1998 (Middle East Research & Information Project (MERIP))
• The New International Criminal Court – A Milestone in International Law or a Body without Power of Enforcement? (An Expert and Media Conference of the Development and Peace Foundation = Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden on 28 May 1998 in Bonn; includes link to the Freiburg Declaration on the Position of the Prosecutor of a Permanent International Criminal Court)
• Gary T. Dempsey, “Reasonable Doubt: The Case against the Proposed International Criminal Court (Cato Policy Analysis, No. 311, July 16, 1998)(Cato Institute)
• Benjamin Ferencz, From Nuremberg to Rome: Towards an International Criminal Court (Policy Paper 8)(Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (SEF – Development and Peace Foundation, Bonn, Germany; available also in full text in German as Von Nürnberg nach Rom: Auf dem Weg zu einem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof)
• Barbara Crossette, “World Criminal Court Having Painful Birth”, New York Times, 13 August 1997.
• Permanent International Criminal Court: August 4-15, New York: The FIDH Launches a Call for A Strong and Effective Court (Fédération internationale des Ligues des Droits de l’Homme = International Federation of Human Rights Leagues; press release related to the United Nations Economic and Social Council session of Negotiations on the Establishment of the Permanent International Criminal Court, 31 July 1997)
• “The Case for a Permanent International Criminal Court” (Common Ground, Transcript 9728, 15 July 1997 Mary Gray Davidson interview with M. Cherif Bassiouni)
• Steven Gerber, “The Trains Keep Rolling – Will the ICC Be Derailed?”, Newsletter (Interest Group on International Organizations, American Society of International Law, Fall 1997).
• Richard A. Wilson, A Permanent International Criminal Court: Impunity Loses Another Round, Ko’aga Roqe’eta, Series iii, Volume 3 (1996); paper presented at the International Conference “Impunity and its Effects on Democratic Processes”, Santiago de Chile, 14 December 1996)
• Establishment of an International Criminal Court ( G.A. Res. 49/53, 49 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 293, U.N. Doc. A/49/49 (1994))
• War Crimes Resources on the Internet (New England School of Law, as part of their War Crimes Project)
• War Crimes (University of Chicago Law Library links to resources on the Internet)
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
• Judicial Reports/Recueils judiciaires (edited by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia/Tribunal pénal international de l’ex-Yougoslavie; The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1999- )(published so far: v.I (1994), v.II (1995); the Judicial Reports is the official collected edition of ICTY Indictments and Rulings)
• Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals (School of Human Rights Research, the Netherlands)
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR mirror site in New York; for RealPlayer audio “Radio News” of genocide verdicts, check http://www.un.org/law/rwanda/)