Writings

Thank you very much, Irwin. After this wonderful address by Judge Goldstone, there isn’t very much left to say, but let me explain how I got here. I received a call from ...

The Nuremberg Precedent In his opening address before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg in 1945, Robert Jackson, Chief of Counsel for the United States, ...

To the Editor: In "A World Court That Could Backfire" (Op-Ed, Jan. 15), Stephen D. Krasner argues that an international criminal court should be rejected since the threat of ...

"Fire!" is being shouted in a crowded theater by persons who are trying to stampede the public with misleading and erroneous declarations. Justwatch has forwarded a lengthy ...

With the stroke of a pen, President Bill Clinton has a last chance to safeguard humankind from genocide, crimes against humanity and the ravages of war itself. He must simply ...

November 11, 2000 President William Jefferson Clinton The White House Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Over 53 years ago, I was the Chief ...

Jerry Fowler: Welcome to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. My name is Jerry Fowler. I'm the staff director of the Museum's Committee on Conscience. The Committee on ...

After the horrors of World War II, our government inspired the world by its proclamations at the Nuremberg trials that never again would aggression, crimes against humanity ...

A statute laying the foundation for a permanent international criminal court (ICC) was adopted by overwhelming vote at a diplomatic conference in Rome on July 17, 1998. The ...

Columbia Journal of Transnational Law: Inmemoriam Nov. 1 1998 Telford Taylor (TT), gifted author, lawyer, prosecutor, professor, sportsman, musician, composer and visionary, ...

A Bird's-Eye View of the Past Century Every human society, if it is to live in security and freedom, must be governed by a system of clear laws, courts with binding authority ...

Prelude to Nuremberg When I was born in 1920, in a ramshackle cottage in a tiny village in Transylvania, no one could possibly have imagined the path my life would take. ...

Ever since the Judgment at Nuremberg, it has been universally binding law that aggressive war is not a national right but an international crime. The most fundamental human ...

The Goal Fifty years ago, on 29 September 1947 to be exact, I stood before a tribunal in the courthouse at Nuremberg and accused 22 members of the SS Einsatzgruppen of ...

Dear Friends: The first reason for this message is to convey sincere appreciation to all of you who contributed to the "establishment" in Rome of the first "permanent" ...

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 ...

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 ...