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    AMICC FACTSHEETS & REPORTS

    Advocacy Materials for AMICC Alliances

    AMICC Alliance Manual
    AMICC Advocacy Guide
    AMICC Brochure
    Organizing a Celebration for July 17, International Justice Day
    AMICC PowerPoint
    (to download and play a slideshow, 1) right-click and select "Save Target As..." from the menu; 2) save and open file; 3) once file is open, select "Full Screen Mode" from "Window" menu)

    Basic ICC Information

    Basic Facts about the International Criminal Court (ICC) (October 14, 2011)
    International Criminal Court at a Glance (October 14, 2011)
    The International Criminal Court: A True Criminal Court, by Harriette Hill (November 15, 2007)
      Questions & Answers

    Factsheets About How the ICC Works

    Investigation and Prosecution of Human Rights Violators by the International Criminal Court (November 18, 2010)
    LGBT and the International Criminal Court, by Julia Martinez Vivancos (August 20, 2010)
    The Crime of Aggression Amendment Adopted at the ICC Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda, by Julia Martinez Vivancos (July 29, 2010)
      Questions & Answers
    Questions & Answers on the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims, by Lucia DiCicco (August 25, 2009)
    Crimes of Sexual Violence Addressed by the International Criminal Court, by Lucia DiCicco (August 21, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on the International Criminal Court and Transitional Justice, by Ana Gómez Rojo (July 10, 2009)
    The International Criminal Court and Children in Armed Conflict: Prosecuting the Crime of Enlisting and Conscripting Child Soldiers, by Lucia DiCicco (June 5, 2009)
    Prosecuting Religious Persecution as Genocide, War Crimes or Crimes Against Humanity under the Rome Statute: History, Standards and Examples for Future Cases at the ICC, by Jessica McMiller (June 20, 2008)
    Current Developments about Victims' Participation at the International Criminal Court, by Gwendolyn Bunse (February 14, 2008)
    Defense Counsel at the International Criminal Court: Rules, Test Cases and Future Development, by Karen Corrie (February 8, 2008)
      Questions & Answers
    The International Criminal Court and Gender Crimes, by Gwendolyn Bunse (February 4, 2008)
    Lawfare and the International Criminal Court: Questions & Answers, by Harriette Hill (January 14, 2008)
    Africa and the International Criminal Court, by Gergana Halpern (August 29, 2007)
    The International Criminal Court and Genocide, by Amitis Khojasteh (August 24, 2007)
    Questions & Answers on the ICC and Universal Jurisdiction, by Amitis Khojasteh (June 28, 2007)
    Victims' Participation and Defendants' Due Process Rights: Compatible Regimes at the International Criminal Court, by Karen Corrie (January 10, 2007)
      Questions & Answers
    Pre-Trial Division of the International Criminal Court: Purpose, Powers, and First Cases, by Karen Corrie (April 4, 2006)
    Children's Rights and the International Criminal Court (2002)
    Indigenous Peoples and the International Criminal Court, by Eva Nudd (December 22, 2005)
    Defending Atrocity Crimes: The Requirements of Defense Counsel before the ICC, by Briony MacPhee (August 30, 2005)
    Filling the Gap in the Rome Statute on Defense, by Briony MacPhee (August 30, 2005)
    Questions & Answers on the Rights and Duties of Defense Counsel and the Protections Provided for the Accused at the ICC, by Briony MacPhee (August 30, 2005)
    The Principle of Complementarity, by Mariana Pena (September 26, 2005)
    Arrest, Summons and Confirmation of Charges Procedures Constituting the Pre-Trial Phase of the ICC, by Shannon Frank (November 3, 2004)
    The ICC and Alternative Justice Mechanisms in Africa, by Mariana Pena & Simge Kocabayoglu (October 13, 2005)
    Information Regarding the Potential Liability of Businesspersons for Atrocity Crimes Under the Rome Statute (April 12, 2004)
    Agreement Between the ICC and the European Union, by Simge Kocabayoglu (March 4, 2005)
    Terrorism and the International Criminal Court

    Reports on the Assembly of States Parties and the ICC's Governance

    Report on the Tenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties, New York, December 2011 (January 20, 2012)
    Report on the Ninth Session of the Assembly of States Parties, New York, December 2010, by Sierra Ortega (December 16, 2010)
    Report on the Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Kampala, Uganda, May 31-June 11, 2010, by Douglas Dunbar and Julia Martinez Vivancos (June 25, 2010)
    Basic Information About the Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the ICC, May 31-June 11, by Julia Martinez Vivancos (May 25, 2010)
    Report on the Resumed Eighth Session of the Assembly of States Parties, New York, March 2010 (March 31, 2010)
    Report on the Eighth Session of the Assembly of States Parties, The Hague, November 2009 (December 3, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on the Election and Assignment of International Criminal Court Judges, by Wendy Bremang (August 26, 2009)
    Recommendations for the Establishment of an Independent Oversight Mechanism for the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (July 28, 2009)
    Report on Informal ICC Meetings on the Crime of Aggression, New York, June 8-10, 2009 (June 16, 2009)
    Report on the Second Resumption of the Seventh Session of the Assembly of States Parties, New York, February 2009 (February 19, 2009)
    Report on the Seventh Session of the Assembly of States Parties, The Hague, November 2008 (December 12, 2008)
    Update on the Review Conference from the Resumed Sixth Session of the Assembly of States Parties, June 2008, by Aurélie Coppin (July 1, 2008)
    An Oversight Mechanism for the International Criminal Court, by Agata Porter (February 6, 2008)
      Questions & Answers
    Update on the Crime of Aggression from the Resumed Sixth Session of the Assembly of States Parties, June 2008, by Lucy Betteridge (July 1, 2008)

    Factsheets about Current ICC Investigations and Cases

    Timeline

    Timeline of the Status of Cases before the International Criminal Court, by Veronica Glick
    Darfur, Sudan

    The Alleged Crimes in Darfur of Omar Al Bashir, President of Sudan, by Felicity Conrad (August 18, 2010)
    The Case of the Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus at the International Criminal Court, by John Groom (July 28, 2010)
    Response to Criticism that the International Criminal Court is "Anti-African", by Wendy Bremang (August 24, 2009)
    The Case of the Prosecutor v. Bahr Idriss Abu Garda at the International Criminal Court, by Lucia DiCicco (May 29, 2009)
    Analysis of the ICC Arrest Warrant for Omar Al Bashir, President of Sudan, by Lucia DiCicco and Ana Gómez Rojo (July 1, 2009)
    ICC Arrest Warrant for Omar Al Bashir on Charges of Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes, by Ana Gómez Rojo (March 4, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on the ICC Arrest Warrants in the Darfur Investigation, by Amitis Khojasteh (June 6, 2007)
    The Current Investigation by the ICC of the Situation in Darfur, by Gideon Copple and Amitis Khojasteh (August 2, 2007)
      Questions & Answers
    Situation in Sudan after the Eventual Issuance of Arrest Warrants, by Eva Nudd (January 31, 2006)
    Darfur, Genocide, the Security Council and the ICC, by Simge Kocabayoglu (February 18, 2005)
    Democratic Republic of Congo

    The Case of the Prosecutor v. Callixte Mbarushimana at the ICC, by Sierra Ortega (November 1, 2010)
    Further Delays in the Case of the Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo at the ICC, by John Groom (July 28, 2010)
    Proceedings Before Trial in the Case of the Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui at the ICC, by Ana Gómez Rojo (September 8, 2009)
      Questions & Answers
    The Delay and Resumption of the Case of the Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo at the ICC, by Ana Gómez Rojo (January 23, 2009)
    The Case of the Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui at the ICC, by Aurélie Coppin (August 25, 2008)
    The Case of the Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda at the International Criminal Court, by Aurélie Coppin (June 18, 2008)
    The Arrest and Surrender of Germain Katanga to the ICC, by Gwendolyn Bunse (November 5, 2007)
    Profile of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, by Amy K. Rolfvondenbaumen (April 18, 2006)
    The Arrest of Thomas Lubanga, by Amy K. Rolfvondenbaumen (April 4, 2006)
      Questions & Answers
    Questions & Answers on the Democratic Republic of Congo Victims' Applications to the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC, by Katherine Scovner (February 16, 2006)
    The Current Investigation by the ICC of the Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by Kyra Hild & Shannon Frank (April 24, 2006)
      Questions & Answers
    Northern Uganda

    Update on the Conflict in Uganda and the Situation before the International Criminal Court, by Aurélie Coppin (July 24, 2009)
    First Arrest Warrants Issued for the Lord's Resistance Army, by Eva Nudd, updated by Katherine Scovner (February 16, 2006)
      Questions & Answers
    The Current Investigation by the ICC of the Situation in Northern Uganda, by Briony MacPhee & Shannon Frank, updated by Katherine Scovner (February 16, 2006)
      Questions & Answers
    Central African Republic

    The Interim Pre-Trial Release of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo by the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (August 19, 2009)
    The Confirmation of Charges in the Case of the Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba, by Ana Gómez Rojo and Lucia DiCicco (June 30, 2009)
    The Case of the Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba at the International Criminal Court, by Lucy Betteridge (July 28, 2008)
    The Current Investigation by the ICC of the Situation in the Central African Republic, by Gergana Halpern (June 6, 2007)
      Questions & Answers
    Kenya

    The ICC's Investigation in Kenya into Crimes Against Humanity: Potential and Challenges, by Felicity Conrad (July 29, 2010)
    ICC Pre-Trial Chamber Approves Prosecutor's Investigation in the Kenya Situation, by Douglas Dunbar (May 7, 2010)
    The ICC Prosecutor's Application for Authorization to Open an Investigation in the Situation of Kenya, by Tania Deigni (April 5, 2010)
    Communications to the ICC regarding the Situation in Kenya, by Aurélie Coppin and Lucia DiCicco (July 10, 2009)
    Libya

    The UN Security Council Referral of the Situation in Libya to the ICC, by Lauren Maccarone (March 22, 2011)

    Potential ICC Investigations

    Afghanistan

    Communications to the ICC regarding the Situation in Afghanistan, by Lucia DiCicco (September 14, 2009)
    Colombia

    The ICC's Colombia Investigation: Recent Developments and Domestic Proceedings, by Ana Gómez Rojo (June 16, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on the Possibility of an ICC Investigation in Colombia, by Mariana Pena (August 16, 2005)
    An ICC Investigation in Colombia?, by Mariana Pena (August 11, 2005)
    Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

    Questions & Answers on the Acceptance of ICC jurisdiction by Côte d'Ivoire, by Kyra Hild (August 30, 2005)
    The Acceptance of ICC Jurisdiction by Côte d'Ivoire, by Kyra Hild (August 30, 2005)
    Gaza

    The Palestinian Authority's Application for United Nations Membership and its Implications for the ICC, by Lauren Maccarone (September 27, 2011)
    Communications to the ICC regarding the Situation in Gaza, by Wendy Bremang (September 18, 2009)
    Georgia

    Communications to the ICC and Other Actions regarding the Situation in Georgia, by Aurélie Coppin (September 10, 2008)
    Iraq

    Communications to the ICC regarding the Situation in Iraq, by Wendy Bremang (July 28, 2009)

    LAW REVIEWS

    M. Cherif Bassiouni, From Versailles to Rwanda in Seventy-Five Years: The Need to Establish a Permanent International Criminal Court, 10 Harv. Hum. Rts. J. 11 (1997)

    Philippe Kirsch & John T. Holmes, Developments in International Criminal Law: The Rome Conference on an International Criminal Court: The Negotiating Process, 93 Am. J. Int'l L. 2 (1999)

    Michael P. Scharf, The Amnesty Exception to the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, 32 Cornell Int'l L.J. 507 (1999)

    David J. Scheffer, Developments in International Criminal Law: The United States and the International Criminal Court, 93 Am. J. Int'l L. 12 (1999)
    David Scheffer, Fourteenth Waldemar A. Solf Lecture in International Law: A Negotiator's Perspective on the International Criminal Court, 167 Mil. L. Rev. 1 (2000)
    David Scheffer, Article 98(2) of the Rome Statute: America’s Original Intent, 3 J. Int'l Crim. Just. 333 (2005)
    John Washburn and Fanny Benedetti, Drafting the International Criminal Court Treaty: Two Years to Rome and an Afterword on the Rome Diplomatic Conference, 5 Global Governance 1 (Jan. - Mar. 1999)
    John Washburn, The Negotiation of the Rome Statute and International Lawmaking in the 21st Century, 11 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 361 (1999)
    John Washburn, The International Criminal Court Arrives: Establishing an Ethic of Peace and Justice, Speech at the Ethical Society of New York (June 30, 2002)
    Twenty-Fifth Memorial Issue -- The Eve of the International Criminal Court: Preparations and Commentary 25 Fordham Int'l Law J 3 (March 2002)

    BOOKS

    The International Criminal Court: Elements of Crimes and Rules of Procedure and Evidence (ed. Roy S. Lee, Transnational Publishers 2001)
    The International Criminal Court: The Making of the Rome Statute (ed. Roy S. Lee, Kluwer Law Int'l 1999)
    Leila Nadya Sadat, The International Criminal Court and the Transformation of International Law: Justice for the New Millennium (Transnational 2002)
    William A. Schabas, An Introduction to the International Criminal Court (Cambridge University Press 2001)

    OTHER

    Jamie Mayerfeld, The Mutual Dependence of External and Internal Justice: The Democratic Achievement of the International Criminal Court, 12 Finnish Yearbook of Int'l Law 71 (2001) [ISBN 90-04-13755-6, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. With kind permission of the publisher.]
    Reporters Without Borders, Victims' Guide to the ICC, 2003
    Leila Nadya Sadat, The International Criminal Court Treaty Enters Into Force, ASIL Insights (April 2002)
    Michael P. Scharf, Results of the Rome Conference for an International Criminal Court, ASIL Insights (August 1998)
    David Stoelting, A Permanent Court for Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity, Law.com (2001)
    ICC Opponents

    Helena Cobban, Think Again: International Courts, Foreign Policy, March/April 2006
    AMICC's analysis (March 16, 2006)
    Alex de Waal and Julie Flint, Case Closed: A Prosecutor Without Borders, World Affairs, Spring 2009
    AMICC's analysis by Ana Gómez Rojo (May 7, 2009)
    Mahmood Mamdani, The New Humanitarian Order, The Nation, September 10, 2008
    AMICC's analysis by Veronica Glick (September 30, 2008)
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