United States And The International Criminal Court, The

Description:
A growing international consensus supports the idea of holding individuals responsible for the most egregious violations of human rights such as genocide. This consensus lies behind the recent efforts to create an International Criminal Court (ICC). The United States, however, has refused to support the ICC, citing concerns that the Court may pose a threat to national security. This volume brings legal, historical, military, and political perspectives to an examination of U.S. concerns about the ICC. The contributors assess not only the potential national security risks that would be associated with a functioning ICC, but also the potential costs to U.S. security that may result from opposing the Court's creation.

Table of Contents:
The US and the ICC - an overview, Sarah B. Sewall et al. Part 1 The roots of the ICC: the evolution of the ICC - from the Hague to Rome and back again, Leila Nadya Sadat; lessons from recent international criminal tribunals, Richard J. Goldstone, Gary J. Bass; the statute of the ICC - past, present and future, Bartram S. Brown; exceptional cases in Rome - the United States and the struggle for an ICC, Lawrence Weschler. Part 2 The US and the ICC: US perspective on the ICC, Ambassador David J. Scheffer; the constitution and the ICC, Ruth Wedgwood; American service members and the ICC, Robinson O. Everett; the ICC and the deployment of American Armed Forces, William L. Nash; the United States and genocide law - a history of ambivalence, Samantha Power. Part 3 The ICC and national approaches to justice: justice versus peace, Michael P. Scharf; complementary and conflict - states, victims, and the International Criminal Court, Madeline Morris. Part 4 The ICC's implications for international law: the ICC's jurisdiction over the nationals of non-party states, Michael P. Scharf; the ICC and the future of the global legal system, Abram Chayes, Anne-Marie Slaughter. Appendix: steps in getting a case to the ICC, Bartram S. Brown.