Writings

The sole surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg Trials warns that an executive order from President Trump regarding the International Criminal Court is cause for concern.  ...

Abstract At the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, the waging of aggressive war was indelibly branded as “the supreme international crime,” The United Nations affirmed the ...

Dear Elisabeth, family and friends: Words can not adequately convey our sadness. The Kaul family was like our own family and we feel so helpless to ease the pain as we join in ...

To the Editor: Using poison gas has been a war crime since the 1920s. The Nuremberg trials made plain that crimes are committed by individuals. Only the responsible leaders ...

To the Editor: Re “Former Leader of Guatemala Is Guilty of Genocide Against Mayan Group” (news article, May 11): The landmark conviction by a Guatemalan court of Gen. ...

Re “Congolese Rebel Convicted of Using Child Soldiers” (news article, March 15): The conviction by the International Criminal Court of the warlord Thomas Lubanga for ...

John Yoo's diatribe condemning the International Criminal Court cannot go unchallenged ("Prosecuting the Peace—Can international tribunals curb future atrocities or is the ...

What Really Happened at Kampala It should be recalled that after millions of innocent people had been killed in World War Two, everyone prayed for a more peaceful future. In ...

Your superb report “Behind the Hunt for Bin Laden” leaves key questions unanswered. Jubilation over the death of the most hunted mass murderer is understandable, but was ...

We have come a long way from Nuremberg, and have miles to go before we sleep Hope is the engine that drives human endeavour. After some 20 million people were killed in WW1, ...

When this book was published in 1970, Telford Taylor had concluded that U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam was an American tragedy: “Somehow we failed ourselves to learn ...

Stephen G. Rademaker's April 2 op-ed ["Can judges bring an end to war?"] warned against allowing the International Criminal Court to try leaders for the crime of waging ...

Ben Ferencz has received several inquiries about his view of President Obama’s Nobel Speech last week in Oslo. We share the following response, originally sent privately, in ...

Abstract Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the crime of aggression has been deferred for reasons that are not persuasive. Aggression has already been ...

To the Editor: Robert S. McNamara should be remembered as a dedicated patriot who learned from past mistakes and sought to restore America’s reputation as a leader in search ...

Remarks of Benjamin B. Ferencz I’ll try to summarize some personal observations, experiences, and conclusions with regard to the subject we are supposed to be dealing with. ...

Thank you very much for that brief introduction. I’ve had twenty-five speakers ahead of me describe everything there is to know about Nuremberg. I have to find something ...

According to Article 5 of its governing Statute adopted in Rome in 1998, the International Criminal Court in the Hague (ICC) cannot exercise its jurisdiction over the crime of ...