Lecture
August 2011
May it please your Honors, This is a historic moment in the evolution of international criminal law. For the first time a permanent international criminal court will hear the ...
Lecture
February 2011
May it please your Honors, After listening to that great introduction, you must have expected someone to come in here ten feet tall. Well, I used to be ten feet tall, but the ...
Lecture
June 2008
I have just been informed that I have been drafted to say something. You will be happy to know I will not go into any of the problems with which you have been dealing because ...
Lecture
June 2004
The highest compliment we can render to the memory of Justice Robert H. Jackson, as we approach the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials is, is to try to build on the ...
Lecture
June 2003
Revised remarks of Benjamin B. Ferencz, a former Nuremberg Prosecutor as delivered at the swearing-in ceremony in the Hague of Luis Moreno Ocampo as Chief Prosecutor of the ...
Lecture
March 2003
I have come to pay tribute to the Dutch government and to the many nations, organizations and individuals who have joined in creating the International Criminal Court. I ...
Lecture
April 2001
Our assignment is to consider the past and the future of international law to see if history can guide us to new frontiers. Although I am better at predicting the past than ...
Lecture
June 1998
Source: Official Document, UN Speeches, June 16, 1998 I have come to Rome to speak for those who cannot speak - the silent victims of monstrous evil deeds. The only ...
Lecture
June 1998
I have come to Rome to speak for those who cannot speak - the silent victims of monstrous deeds. The only authorization I have comes from my heart. Over fifty years ago, I ...
Lecture
April 1997
Introduction Since Professor Emeritus Blaine Sloan is a dear and admired friend who recruited me to serve as an Adjunct Professor at Pace Law School, it is a particular ...
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October 1993
You’ve heard from Professor Rubin, a distinguished scholar, and serious thinker that there should not be an international criminal tribunal to punish crimes against ...
Lecture
April 1980
Source: Reprinted from the Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of The American Society of International Law, April 17-19, 1980 I hope to both summarize the high points of ...