The United States and the International Criminal Court National Security and International Law

by Sewall, Sarah B.; Kaysen, Carl; Bass, Gary J.; Brown, Bartram S.; Chayes, Abram; Everett, Robinson O.; Goldstone, Richard J.; Morris, Madeline; Nash, William L.; Power, Samantha; Sadat, Leila Nadya; Scharf, Michael P.; Scheffer, David J.; Slaughter, Anne-

• ISBN13: 9780742501355
• ISBN10: 0742501353
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-28
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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

Acknowledgments	xi
List of Acronyms	xv
The United States and the International Criminal Court: An Overview	1	(30)
Sarah B. Sewall
Carl Kaysen
Michael P. Scharf
Part I: The Roots of the ICC
The Evolution of the ICC: From The Hague to Rome and Back Again	31	(20)
Leila Nadya Sadat
Lessons from the International Criminal Tribunals	51	(10)
Richard J. Goldstone
Gary Jonathan Bass
The Statute of the ICC: Past, Present, and Future	61	(24)
Bartram S. Brown
Exceptional Cases in Rome: The United States and the Struggle for an ICC	85	(30)
Lawrence Weschler
Part II: The United States and the ICC
The U.S. Perspective on the ICC	115	(4)
David J. Scheffer
The Constitution and the ICC	119	(18)
Ruth Wedgwood
American Servicemembers and the ICC	137	(16)
Robinson O. Everett
The ICC and the Deployment of U.S. Armed Forces	153	(12)
William L. Nash
The United States and Genocide Law: A History of Ambivalence	165	(14)
Samantha Power
Part III: The ICC and National Approaches to Justice
Justice versus Peace	179	(16)
Michael P. Scharf
Complementarity and Conflict: States, Victims, and the ICC	195	(18)
Madeline Morris
Part IV: The ICC's Implications for International Law
The ICC's Jurisdiction over the Nationals of Non-Party States	213	(24)
Michael P. Scharf
The ICC and the Future of the Global Legal System	237	(12)
Abram Chayes
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Appendix: Bringing a Case to the ICC: Pathways and Thresholds	249	(6)
Bartram S. Brown
Index	255	(8)
About the Contributors	263