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On 2 June 2010, the Registrar of the International Criminal Court, Madame Silvana Arbia, participated in a panel discussion on the impact of the work of the Court on victims and affected communities. Discussions focused on participation of victims, protection of victims and witnesses, the role of outreach and the Trust Fund for Victims.

The event was organised by the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute as part of its stocktaking exercise during the Review Conference of the Rome Statute.

The Review Conference taking place in Kampala (Uganda) from 31 May to 11 June 2010, is a significant milestone for the International Criminal Court. It will be the first opportunity for the States Parties to the Rome Statute to make amendments to the Statute since its entry into force on 1 July 2002. Additionally the Review Conference will be an occasion for a “stocktaking” of international justice.

The event is open to the States Parties to the Rome Statute, observer States, and States not having observer status as well as intergovernmental organizations and other entities. Additionally, numerous representatives of the civil society, including non-governmental organizations and representatives of victim’s organizations will attend the Conference.

For more information on the Review Conference of the Rome Statute:
http://www.kampala.icc-cpi.info

This video was produced in 2010 by the Public Information and Documentation Section of the ICC, for non-profit, educational purposes. The ICC encourages its use, reproduction and distribution for the same purposes. Sale or commercial use is strictly prohibited.

On 2 June 2010, the Registrar of the International Criminal Court, Madame Silvana Arbia, participated in a panel discussion on the impact of the work of the Court on victims and affected communities. Discussions focused on participation of victims, protection of victims and witnesses, the role of outreach and the Trust Fund for Victims.

The event was organised by the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute as part of its stocktaking exercise during the Review Conference of the Rome Statute.

The Review Conference taking place in Kampala (Uganda) from 31 May to 11 June 2010, is a significant milestone for the International Criminal Court. It will be the first opportunity for the States Parties to the Rome Statute to make amendments to the Statute since its entry into force on 1 July 2002. Additionally the Review Conference will be an occasion for a “stocktaking” of international justice.

The event is open to the States Parties to the Rome Statute, observer States, and States not having observer status as well as intergovernmental organizations and other entities. Additionally, numerous representatives of the civil society, including non-governmental organizations and representatives of victim’s organizations will attend the Conference.

For more information on the Review Conference of the Rome Statute:
http://www.kampala.icc-cpi.info

This video was produced in 2010 by the Public Information and Documentation Section of the ICC, for non-profit, educational purposes. The ICC encourages its use, reproduction and distribution for the same purposes. Sale or commercial use is strictly prohibited.

The Review Conference taking place in Kampala from 31 May to 11 June 2010, is a significant milestone for the International Criminal Court. It will be the first opportunity for the States Parties to the Rome Statute to make amendments to the Statute since its entry into force on 1 July 2002. Additionally the Review Conference will be an occasion for a “stocktaking” of international justice.

The event is open to the States Parties to the Rome Statute, observer States, and States not having observer status as well as intergovernmental organizations and other entities. Additionally, numerous representatives of the civil society, including non-governmental organizations and representatives of victim’s organizations will attend the Conference.

For more information on the Review Conference of the Rome Statute:
http://www.kampala.icc-cpi.info

This video was produced in 2010 by the Public Information and Documentation Section of the ICC, for non-profit, educational purposes. The ICC encourages its use, reproduction and distribution for the same purposes. Sale or commercial use is strictly prohibited.

Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp is heading the U.S. delegation to the International Criminal Court Review Conference (RC) taking place in Kampala. The U.S. is very concerned about the outcome of the negotiations to define the Crime of Aggression. Even though the U.S. is not a member state of the ICC, it feels that it could be affected by the outcome of the RC. Ambassador Rapp summarizes the U.S. position in this clip.

Noah Weisbord, Professor of International Law at Duke University, is also an independent expert on the Crime of Aggression and has been an insider on the Working Group to define the Crime that have been meeting for several years in the lead-up to the International Criminal Court Review Conference in Kampala, where a heated debate on the Crime is taking place this week.

Tim Allen, Professor the London School of Economics (LSE) and author of “Trial Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Lord’s Resistance Army” (LRA), shares some thoughts about the opportunities presented by the ICC Review Conference in Kampala, and the state of the ICC.

Holly Porter came from the London School of Economics to work on a project in northern Uganda concerning rape and gender justice. On the way there she came to the International Criminal Court Review Conference in Kampala, and she explains why.

We traveled from the Kampala to northern Uganda to visit Pagak Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp Leader Denis Lemoyi, who figures prominently in Skylight Pictures’ film “The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court”. Denis is actually the former Pagak Camp Leader, because the camp has been largely dismantled and there is no need any longer for a Camp Leader. Denis tells us here about the change as people left the camp over the past 3 years to return to their villages.

Updates on the Crime of Aggression deliberations from Christian Wenaweser, President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (111 countries that have ratified the ICC Rome Statute and form the Court’s governing body).

International Criminal Court Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda shares some thoughts about the first week of the ICC Review Conference in Kampala.