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    AMICC FACTSHEETS & REPORTS

    Alliance Materials

    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)

    General ICC Information

    Basic Facts about the International Criminal Court (ICC) (April 30, 2009)
    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)
    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)
    Recommendations for the Establishment of an Independent Oversight Mechanism for the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (July 28, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on the International Criminal Court and Transitional Justice, by Ana Gómez Rojo (July 10, 2009)
    Report on Informal ICC Meetings on the Crime of Aggression, New York, June 8-10, 2009 (June 16, 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)
    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)
    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 on Defense Counsel at the International Criminal Court, by Karen Corrie (June 30, 2008)
    An Oversight Mechanism for the International Criminal Court, by Agata Porter (February 6, 2008)
    Questions & Answers on an Oversight Mechanism for the International Criminal Court, by Agata Porter (February 6, 2008)
    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)
    The International Criminal Court: A True Criminal Court, by Harriette Hill (November 15, 2007)
    Questions & Answers on the International Criminal Court: A True Criminal Court, by Harriette Hill (November 15, 2007)
    The Crime of Aggression and the United States: Negotiations of the International Criminal Court, by Gergana Halpern (October 1, 2007)
    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)
    Questions & Answers on the Crime of Aggression and the United States: Negotiations of the ICC, by Gergana Halpern and Lucy Betteridge (August 19, 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 on Victims' Participation and Defendants' Due Process Rights at the International Criminal Court, by Karen Corrie (February 15, 2007)
    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)
    Hearsay and the Rights of the Accused: A Comparison of US Law and Anticipated Practices of the ICC, by Laurence D. Borten (August 2005)
    Questions & Answers on Hearsay and the Rights of the Accused (February 8, 2006)
    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)

    US Advocacy

    Chronology of US Opposition to the International Criminal Court: From 'Signature Suspension' to Immunity Agreements to Darfur (February 12, 2010)
    Safeguards and Protections for Military and Diplomatic Officials under the Rome Statute, by Lucia DiCicco (August 26, 2009)
    The Rights of Victims in United States Criminal Proceedings and at the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (August 20, 2009)
    A Comparison of Criminal Procedure in US Federal Courts and at the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (July 1, 2009)
    The Non-Renewal of the "Nethercutt Amendment" and its Impact on the Bilateral Immunity Agreement (BIA) Campaign, by Lucia DiCicco (April 30, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on the Ratification and Incorporation of the Rome Statute into US Law for the Purpose of Complementarity at the ICC, by Lucia DiCicco (April 24, 2009)
    An Assessment of US Policy and Action in Relation to the International Criminal Court During the Bush Administration, 2001-2009, and Prospects for the Obama Administration's ICC Policy, by Veronica Glick (April 20, 2009)
    Statements regarding US-ICC Cooperation (February 24, 2010)
    Statements of Barack Obama on the International Criminal Court (November 7, 2008)
    Status of the US Signature of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,
    by Aurélie Coppin (September 11, 2008)
    US Federal Case Law Citations to the International Criminal Court, by Amitis Khojasteh (July 10, 2007)
    US Federal Courts Rely on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Civil Cases, including Khulumani v. Barclay Nat'l Bank, by Duane W. Krohnke (November 9, 2009)
    AMICC Response to the US Administration International Criminal Court Policy, updated by Briony MacPhee (July 2005)
    The ICC: A Case for Conservatives, by Briony MacPhee (August 30, 2005)
    Questions & Answers on the ICC: A Case for Conservatives, by Briony MacPhee (August 30, 2005)
    US Cooperation with the ICC on Darfur, by Mariana Pena (September 27, 2005)
    The ICC Statute and US Constitutional Questions, by Alexander Ward (September 16, 2004)
    Comparison: The US Constitution vs. The ICC's Rome Statute
    Myths about United States Sovereignty and the ICC (2002)
    US Organizations Supporting the ICC (May 2005)
    Safeguards in the Rome Statute Against Abuse of the Court to Harass American Servicemembers and Civilian Officials (2001)
    Terrorism and the ICC
    AMICC Member Statement in Response to September 11th Attacks (2001)
    The International Criminal Court: A New Tool For Justice (2002)

    Official ICC Investigations

    Timeline

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

    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)
    Darfur, the International Criminal Court and the United States, by Amitis Khojasteh (August 2, 2007)
    Questions & Answers on the ICC Darfur Investigation, by Gideon Copple (June 6, 2007)
    The Current Investigation by the ICC of the Situation in Darfur, by Gideon Copple and Amitis Khojasteh (August 2, 2007)
    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

    Proceedings Before Trial in the Case of the Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui at the ICC, by Ana Gómez Rojo and Wendy Bremang (September 8, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on 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)
    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 on the Arrest of Thomas Lubanga, by Amy K. Rolfvondenbaumen (April 4, 2006)
    Questions & Answers on the Democratic Republic of Congo Victims' Applications to the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC, by Katherine Scovner (February 16, 2006)
    Questions & Answers on the ICC Democratic Republic of Congo Investigation, by Kyra Hild, updated by Katherine Scovner (April 24, 2006)
    The Current Investigation by the ICC of the Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by Kyra Hild & Shannon Frank (April 24, 2006)
    Northern Uganda

    Update on the Conflict in Uganda and the Situation before the International Criminal Court, by Aurélie Coppin (July 24, 2009)
    Questions & Answers on the Ugandan Arrest Warrants, by Eva Nudd, updated by Katherine Scovner (February 16, 2006)
    First Arrest Warrants Issued for the Lord's Resistance Army, by Eva Nudd, updated by Katherine Scovner (February 16, 2006)
    Questions & Answers on the ICC Northern Uganda Investigation, by Briony MacPhee, updated by Katherine Scovner (February 16, 2006)
    The Current Investigation by the ICC of the Situation in Northern Uganda, by Briony MacPhee & Shannon Frank, updated by Katherine Scovner (February 16, 2006)
    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)
    Questions & Answers on the ICC Central African Republic Investigation, by Gergana Halpern (June 6, 2007)
    The Current Investigation by the ICC of the Situation in the Central African Republic, by Gergana Halpern (June 6, 2007)

    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

    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)
    Kenya

    The ICC Prosecutor's Application for Authorization to Open an Investigation in the Situation of Kenya, by Tania Deigni (January 6, 2010)
    Communications to the ICC regarding the Situation in Kenya, by Aurélie Coppin and Lucia DiCicco (July 10, 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)

    Douglass Cassel, Empowering United States Courts to Hear Crimes Within the Jurisdiction of the ICC, 35:2 New Eng. L. Rev. 421 (2002)
    John P. Cerone, Dynamic Equilibrium: The Evolution of US Attitudes Toward International Criminal Courts and Tribunals, 18 Eur. J. Int'l L. 227 (2007)
    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)

    William K. Lietzau, The United States and the International Criminal Court: International Criminal Law After Rome: Concerns from a U.S. Military Perspective, 64 Law & Contemp. Probs. 119 (2001)

    Erik Rosenfeld, Note: Application of US Status of Forces Agreements to Article 98 of the Rome Statute, 2 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 273 (Winter 2003)

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

    Michael P. Scharf, The United States and the International Criminal Court: The ICC's Jurisdiction over the Nationals of Non-Party States: A Critique of the US Position, 64 Law & Contemp. Probs. 67 (2001)

    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 & Jennifer Schense, The United States and the International Criminal Court, 35 Int'l Law. (ABA Section of Int'l Law & Practice) 614 (2001)
    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)
    ICC Opponents

    Jack Goldsmith, The Self-Defeating International Criminal Court, 70 U. Chi. L. Rev 89 (2003) (In May 2003 Professor Goldsmith was named head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Council)

    Madeline Morris, Democracy and Punishment: The Democratic Dilemma of the International Criminal Court, 5 Buff. Crim. L. R. 591 (2002)

    Madeline Morris, The United States and the International Criminal Court: High Crimes and Misconceptions: The ICC and Non-Party States, 64 Law & Contemp. Probs. 13 (2001)

    Guy Roberts, Assault on Sovereignty: The Clear and Present Danger of the New International Criminal Court, 36 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 35 (2001)


    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)
    Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Rule of Power or Rule of Law? An Assessment of US Policies and Actions Regarding Security-Related Treaties (ed. N. Deller, A. Makhijani & J. Burroughs, Apex Press 2003), including a chapter on the ICC.
    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)
    The United States and the International Criminal Court: National Security and International Law (ed. Sarah B. Sewall & Carl Kaysen, American Academy of Arts & Sciences 2000)

    OTHER

    Report of an Independent Task Force convened by American Society of International Law, U.S. Policy Toward the International Criminal Court: Furthering Positive Engagement, March 2009
    Atlantic Council of the United States, Policy Paper, Law & the Lone Superpower: Building a Transatlantic Consensus on International Law, by William H. Taft IV and Frances G. Burwell, April 2007
    AMICC's analysis (August 22, 2007)

    Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) Secretariat, Bilateral agreements proposed by US government (a legal analysis), August 23, 2002
    Congressional Research Service Report for Congress on "International Criminal Court: Overview and Selected Legal Issues," June 5, 2002
    Congressional Research Service Report for Congress on "US Policy Regarding the ICC," September 3, 2002
    Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: US Bilateral Agreements Relating to ICC, 97 A.J.I.L. 200 (ed. Sean D. Murphy, Jan. 2003)

    Council on Foreign Relations, Council Policy Initiative, Toward an International Criminal Court? Three Options Presented as Presidential Speeches, by John R. Bolton, Kenneth Roth, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Ruth Wedgwood (1999)

    Council on Foreign Relations, Report of an Independent Task Force on Public Diplomacy (July 2002)
    "Examples of misunderstood or misguided policies include the rejections of... the agreement to create the International Criminal Court.... Let us be clear: public diplomacy is not a matter of seeking foreign public approval to drive U.S. policy, nor is it simply an effort to win popularity. Rather, it involves a baseline recognition that foreign attitudes and understanding affect the success or failure of U.S. policies."

    Council on Foreign Relations, Transcript, Should the U.S. Support a Strong and Independent International Criminal Court? Great Debate Series Between David J. Scheffer and Kenneth Roth with Commentary by Marc A. Thiessen, New York, N.Y. (May 6, 1998)

    Human Rights Watch, "United States Efforts to Undermine the International Criminal Court": Article 98 Agreements, August 2, 2002
    Human Rights Watch, "United States Efforts to Undermine the International Criminal Court": Article 98(2) Agreements, July 9, 2002
    Robert Kagan, Power and Weakness, Policy Review (Hoover Institution June 2002)
    Bryan MacPherson, Authority of the Security Council to Exempt Peacekeepers from International Criminal Court Proceedings, ASIL Insight (July 2002)
    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.]
    Jamie Mayerfeld, Who Shall be the Judge?: The United States, the International Criminal Court, and the Global Enforcement of Human Rights, HRQ 25 (2003)
    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)
    Joe Sills et al., Environmental Crimes in Military Actions and the International Criminal Court (ICC) - United Nations Perspectives, Army Environmental Policy Institute, April 2001

    State Department Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Factsheet: Frequently Asked Questions About the US Government's Policy Regarding the ICC, July 30, 2003
    David Stoelting, A Permanent Court for Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity, Law.com (2001)
    ICC Opponents

    John R. Bolton, Courting Danger: What's Wrong with the International Criminal Court, National Interest, Winter 1998-99 (a publication of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)

    Casey, Kadel, Rivkin, and Williamson, The United States and the International Criminal Court: Concerns and Possible Courses of Action (Federalist Society 2002)
    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)
    Gary T. Dempsey, Reasonable Doubt, The Case Against the Proposed International Criminal Court (Cato Policy Analysis No. 311, July 6 1998)
    The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder, An Inconvenient Founding: America's Principles Applied to the ICC, by Marion Smith, February 18, 2010
    AMICC's analysis (February 22, 2010)

    The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder, The U.S. Should Not Join the International Criminal Court, by Brett D. Schaefer and Steven Groves, August 17, 2009
    AMICC's analysis, by Wendy Bremang  (September 18, 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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