Writings

July 18, 2004 Dear Friends: Don Kraus and Heather Hamilton, of Global Solutions, have forwarded information about recent congressional action that is very disturbing. On July ...

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 ...

Prosecuting crimes against peace and humanity was not invented at Nuremberg in 1945. Since ancient days, the legality of was itself and how wars were waged had been debated by ...

Mecklosky: I believe I have Ben Ferencz on the line. Ben? Ferencz: Good Morning. M: How are you? F: I am fine. Greetings to everybody in Stony Brook. I hope you’re not ...

The apprehension and arrest of Saddam Hussein, the former President of Iraq, offers new opportunities to advance the rule of law. Vengeance begets vengeance. As was ...

To the Editor: "Plea Deals Being Used to Clear Balkan War Tribunal's Docket" (front page, Nov. 18) depicts Bush administration pressures to wind up the United Nations tribunal ...

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 ...

The temple of the law has been built one stone upon the other. Unfortunately, the edifice upon which the peace and tranquility of humankind rests is far from complete. Every ...

To the Editor: Re "U.S. Lists Iraqis to Punish, or to Work With" (front page, Feb. 26): President Bush has a unique opportunity to uphold the rule of law. If the Security ...

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 ...

August 1, 2002 (Note: The paragraph marked by “///” was deleted in the published version.) To the Editor: Senators Joseph R. Biden Jr, and Richard G. Lugar call for ...

Larry F. Craig, Republican Senator from Idaho, has used the Washington PostEditorial pages on August 22, 2001 to launch a vitriolic attack against the United Nations and the ...

On July 1, 2002, for the first time since the Nuremberg war crimes trials, a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) was created to hold accountable those leaders ...

Nederland 1, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2002 Unofficial Translation by Kate Kruize Presenter (Karel van de Graaf): Coming Monday the International Criminal Court will begin ...

Robert Bartley's misinformed and biased opposition to the International Criminal Court cries out for reply. I write as a former American soldier who fought in every campaign ...

Dear Friends: A new institution to curb crimes against humanity is about to be born. An international criminal court to bring to justice those who plan or perpetrate massive ...

Peace And Justice As We Enter A New Millennium A thousand years have passed and a world of peace and justice for all remains an ancient aspiration yet to be fulfilled. A more ...

To the Editor: Professor Ruth Wedgwood's understandable revulsion against terrorist attacks concludes that Al Qaeda members should not receive the extraordinary protections ...