IJCentral is a resource, developed by Skylight Pictures, for concerned citizens around the world who want an effective International Criminal Court to prosecute perpetrators of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. As the IJCentral network builds, our collective voice will become a way to press political leaders to fulfill the mandate of the ICC.
Moses Crispus Okello of the Refugee Law Project in Uganda shares his thoughts about the effects of the International Criminal Court’s justice mandate during the ongoing conflict with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its effect on the balance between peace and justice.
Njonjo Mue, head of the Nairobi, Kenya, office of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) gives us an overview of why the International Criminal Court (ICC) has intervened in Kenya as a result of the 2007 post-election violence, and what is at stake in the next elections in 2012.
Richard Dicker, Director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch (HRW), is upset about how the U.S. delegation at the International Criminal Court Review Conference (Kampala) used HRW as a “shield” in its argument against having the crime of aggression activated in the Rome Statute.
The indefatigable Ben Ferencz (90 years old), a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunals, has fought for international justice all his life, and was at the Rome Conference in 1998 when the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty (Rome Statute) was created. Now he is at the ICC Review Conference, where a debate is raging on how to define the Crime of Aggression, and whether the ICC should have jurisdiction over it, or the UN Security Council (most powerful countries want the UNSC to control the Crime of Aggression).
Amir Suliman of the Africa Center for Justice & Peace Studies tells us about the four Sudanese human rights activists that were taken off the plane in Khartoum, Sudan, on their way to the International Criminal Court Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda.
At the International Criminal Court Review Conference in Kampala, Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo talks about the role of NGOs in strengthening the ICC and offers to collaborate with IJCentral.org!
Interview at the Kampala, Uganda, International Criminal Court Review Conference with Barney Afako, Legal Advisor to the Juba Peace Talks between the LRA and the Government of Uganda, and to the African Union task force to develop regional justice mechanisms.
Skylight Pictures has been giving out Screening Kits of “The Reckoning” in English and French, free of charge to civil society organizations and country delegates, at the Review Conference (RC) of the International Criminal Court in Kampala, Uganda. To get a Kit you just have to fill out a form giving us some basic information about your organization and how you would use the Kit. Hundreds of civil society representatives (with a huge contingent from Africa) and country delegates are here. Our Screening Kits include a 1-hour version of “The Reckoning”, 2 20-minute films we produced for the Kit (“ICC and Africa” and “Peace and Justice”), a Screening Guide, FAQs about the ICC, and an Audience Survey form. On our first day at the RC we brought 100 and they all went fast. Let’s see what happens on the second day!
On 1 June 2010 in Kampala (Uganda), the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark and the Republic of Finland have signed agreements with the ICC to enforce the Judges final sentences of imprisonment.
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 will be 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.
Opening of the Review Conference taking place in Kampala, Uganda, from 31 May to 11 June 2010.
The conference 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 will be 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.