Professor Willam Schabas introduces, and considers elements of:

International Criminal Law

President of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Phillippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court, sat down for an interview in September 2005 in which he introduced himself, and went on to give the historical background of the creation of the International Criminal Court.

President Kirsch then when on to explain how the Court functions, its structure, and finally gave a status report of the Court's activites as of 2005.

1994 ILC Draft Statute for an International Criminal Court

James Crawford , Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge, considers his time at the UN International Law Commission as part of the Working Group on an International Criminal Court and the drafting of the 1994 Draft Statute for an International Criminal Court.

The 1994 ILC Draft was source of the drafting process which ultimately lead to the 1998 Rome Diplomatic Conference and the creation of the International Criminal Court.

President of the Rwanda Tribunal (ICTR)

Judge Navanethem Pillay, President of the International Criminal for Rwanda Tribunal (1999 - 2003 ) and later Judge of the International Criminal Court introduced herself and explains why the Rwanda Tribunal was established.

Judge Pillay speaks about the legacy which the ICTR will leave in respect to the evolution of international jursiprudence, and discusses the means by which the ICTR will finish its work.

Judge of the International Criminal Court

Judge Pillay (elected in 2003) speaks of the history of the ICC, its jurisdiction and her role as an Appellant Judge, and the process of being elected a judge of the ICC. Judge Pillay was then asked to consider what the largest challenge is to the success of the International Criminal Court.

Judge of the Yugoslav Tribunal (ICTY)

Judge Patrick Robinson, trial judge at the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia speaks of his extensive international legal carreer, including the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights .

Judge Robinson then consider the ICTY, its applicable law and his time presiding over the Milosevic Trial.

Humanitarian Law before International Courts

James Stewart, formerly with the Prosecutor's Office at the ICTY and ICTR explains that the rule of IHL will only truly develop when they are applied by international courts.

This video is taken from the ICRC website. See other videos on the ICRC website regarding Accountablity.

Links

International Criminal Court

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

The International Committee of the Red Cross

1994 ILC Draft Statute for an International Criminal Court

William Schabas, An Introduction to the International Criminal Court, 2004

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