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Amnesty International Targets G.W. Bush

By Supna Zaidi

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is hosting its tenth session of The Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court (“the Assembly”) at the United Nations' headquarters in New York City this week.

Its meetings, which will end on December 21, 2011, will focus on organizational elections, including the selection of a new Prosecutor to replace Luis Moreno-Ocampo and six new judges. These new hires, according to Human Rights Watch, will continue to "bring to justice the perpetrators of the worst crimes known to humankind- war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide," the three crimes the ICC is currently given authority to adjudicate under the Rome Statute.  As The Lawfare Project has noted in the past, the jurisdiction and intent of the ICC, as well as its susceptibility to lawfare, is a much-debated issue, especially given that the court's reach may often unduly interfere with a nation’s sovereignty.

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