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I’ve been wondering about this for quite some time now, but never took the time to seriously look at the various international courts, their roles, whether or not people can submit cases to them, etc.

Since Carver brought it up recently, I thought we should open it up for discussion

International Criminal Court
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, as defined by several international agreements, most prominently the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The ICC is designed to …

A New Spin on Fighting for Justice
Published by Alternet, 3/10/06
http://www.alternet.org/story/32861/
By Kelly Hearn

Nigeria, 1999: Government soldiers, riding in helicopters owned by Chevron Corp., fire on villages opposed to oil operations. Colombia, 1998: The Colombian Air Force, acting in the interest of U.S.-based Occidental Oil, drops a cluster bomb on the village of Santa Domingo. In Burma, government soldiers use rape, murder and torture to silence opposition to a gas pipeline project of California-based Unocal.

High petroleum prices and rising populist anger are ratcheting up human rights pressures along the world’s remote pipelines. And from Burmese villagers to Nigerian farmers, Colombian …

(In this article William Schabas is reviewing Marlies Glasius, The International Criminal Court: A Global Civil Society Achievement, Routledge, 2006)

Almost eight years since it was established with the adoption of the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court continues to gain inexorable momentum, surpassing the expectations of even its keenest supporters. In November 2005 it reached the important threshold of one hundred member states. Back in 1998, when the Statute was adopted following a dramatic and unprecedented diplomatic conference, it was thought it would take a decade to reach the magic number of sixty member states required for the court …

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomes the International Criminal Court’s historic decision to accept the first victims’ applications to participate in proceedings.

On 17 January 2006, the Pre-Trial Chamber (I) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision recognising the right of six victims to participate in proceedings before the ICC, including at the stage of the investigation currently being conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

FIDH, which assisted the victims in their applications to the ICC, welcomes this determination of the scope of victims’ rights. The decision affirms the new role of victims in international criminal justice.

“The …