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Creation of an International Criminal Court
Title: Creation of an International Criminal Court
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1749 | Pages: 7.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Creation of an International Criminal Court
The Creation of an International Criminal Court
Cases of genocide (the Holocaust or Rwanda), crimes against humanity, and serious war crimes are all reasons why diplomats from over 150 countries met in Rome on June 15 to finalize the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC). To this day the Rome Treaty has been signed by 139 countries and as of November 1, 2001 ratified by 43 of the countries. The United States has signed it but because of the controversy …showed first 75 words of 1749 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1749 total…our part to see it through to the end. We ask you...to do yours in our struggle to ensure that no ruler, no State, no junta, and no army anywhere can abuse human rights with impunity. Only then will the innocents of distant wars and conflicts know that they, too, may sleep under the cover of justice; that they, too, have rights, and that those rights will be punished.
~ United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan ( )
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