Articles

Scholarly articles, op-eds, letters to the editor, and more.

2010 - Present

Nuremberg Trial Prosecutor’s Warning About Trump’s War on the Rule of Law

The ‘Immoral’ Killing of the Iranian General

Illegal Armed Force as a Crime Against Humanity

Note to Kaul family: Tribute to Hans-Peter Kaul

Obama, Congress & the Syria Vote

Deterring Atrocities

Crimes Against Humanity

Law Always Beats War

A New Approach to Deterring Illegal Wars

Ferencz Closes Lubanga Case for ICC Prosecution

Letter to NY Times re: Bin Laden's Killing

Ben Ferencz in Boca Raton

What of Military Aggression?

Will We Finally Apply Nuremberg's Lessons?

A Duty to Uphold the Law, Even in War

Ben Ferencz Letter to Admiral Mullen Re Aggression

Ben Ferencz, Cardozo Law School. March 29, 2005.

2005 - 2009

On President Obama's Nobel Speech

Ending Impunity for the Crime of Aggression

How Should We Remember Robert McNamara?

ICC Jurisdiction Over the Crime of Aggression

Reconciling Legitimate Concerns and Removing the Lock From the Courthouse Door

Origins of the Genocide Convention

A World of Peace Under the Rule of Law: The View from America

Enabling the International Criminal Court to Punish Aggression

Fair Standards to Prosecute Terrorism: Benjamin Ferencz in response to Amnesty International

Q&A with Ben Ferencz

The Holocaust and the Nuremberg Trials

Heed the Lesson of Nuremburg: Let No Nation Be Above the Law

Paradoxes of a Sharp Legal Mind: An Introduction to "Aggression and World Order: A Critique of United Nations Theories of Aggression"

Saddam Hussein's Trial: A Letter to The New York Times

Letter to Senator Richard G. Lugar, re: Bolton Nomination

The Legality of the Iraq War

War Crimes Tribunals: Response to Eric A. Posner

Ben Ferencz raises U.S. flag, The Hague, Netherlands. March 2003.

2000 - 2004

"Einsatzgruppen": The Blackest Page in Human History

War Crimes Trials at Nuremberg

The Nethercutt Amendment and the International Criminal Court

A Response to Congressional Slander of the International Criminal Court

Tribute to Nuremburg Prosecutor Jackson

From Nuremburg to Rome: A Personal Account

Benjamin Ferencz interviewed on radio by Mort Mecklosky

What to Do with Saddam Hussein Now

A Letter to The New York Times regarding International Courts

Ferencz Speech at Ocampo Swearing-in Ceremony

Misguided Fears About the International Criminal Court

Letter to the Editor of The New York Times re: the article "U.S. Lists Iraqis to Punish, or to Work With"

Remarks Made at the Opening of the ICC

Letter to the Editor of The New York Times regarding an Op-Ed on Preemptive Attack on Iraq

Response to Senator Craig's Washington Post Op-Ed

Know the Truth About the International Criminal Court

Benjamin Ferencz Interviewed on Dutch Netwerk Television

Ferencz Reply to Wall Street Journal Editor

Ferencz Call to Action for an International Criminal Court

Final Chapter: International Law As We Enter the 21st Century

Letter to the Editor: Trials for Enemies Re: Wedgwood Op-Ed

Benjamin Ferencz Response to Roth Comments on Kissinger

A Nuremberg Prosecutor's Response to Henry Kissinger

After September 11: Thoughts on What Can Be Done

Benjamin Ferencz Interviewed on radio by Katy Clark

Ferencz Letter to the New York Times: Murder or Self-Defense?

Monroe Leigh Supports an International Criminal Court

Misguided War Crimes Law Now Before Senate

American Essay: Ex-Prosecutor Warns Against New War Crimes Law

Appearance on The National, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television

Ferencz Response to Safire Op-Ed, "The Purloined Treaty"

Letter to US Senate

International Trials for Internal Armed Conflicts

Battle Lines for an International Criminal Court

Ferencz Sounds the Alarm

Remarks on Receiving The Robert S. Litvack Human Rights Award

Deterring Aggression By Law - A Compromise Proposal

For Dictators, Only Punishment

Reply to: A Global Court of Injustice

For Clinton’s Last Act

Letter to President Clinton

An Evening with Ben Ferencz in Discussion with Joan Ringelheim

Misguided Fears about the International Criminal Court

Book Review and Note: The International Criminal Court: The Making of the Rome Statute

Ben Ferencz speaks at the UN ICC, Rome, Italy. June 2, 1998.

1990 - 1999

Telford Taylor: Pioneer of International Criminal Law

The Evolution of International Criminal Law

A Prosecutor's Personal Account - Nuremberg to Rome

Getting Aggressive About Preventing Aggression

Plea of Humanity to Law: Need for an International Criminal Court

Benjamin Ferencz Reflects on The Rome Conference

Creating A Permanent ICC

Ferencz Addresses Rome Conference

Needed: A World Criminal Court

From Nuremberg to Rome: The Prosecution of International Crimes

Closing A Gap in International Law - Make Law Not War

The Legacy of Nuremberg: International Criminal Courts

Courting an International Criminal Court

The Path to World Peace

Ameliorating Traumas Caused by International Crimes and Other Crises

Remarks Made at Pace University School of Law

Symposium on the Gulf War: The Nuremberg Principles and the Gulf War

An International Criminal Code and Court: Where They Stand and Where They're Going

The Nuremberg Precedent and the Prosecution of State-Sponsored Mass Murder

Ben Ferencz. 1980s.

1970 - 1989

The Road to World Peace

The Future of Human Rights in International Jurisprudence: An Optimistic Appraisal

The Draft Code of Offences Against the Peace and Security of Mankind

The Coming of International Law and Peace

Legal Responses to the Afghan/Iranian Crises

The United Nations Consensus Definition Of Aggression: Sieve Or Substance

Review: Rükerstattung Nach Den Gesetzen Der Alliierten Mäcthe

A Proposed Definition of Aggression: By Compromise and Consensus

Defining Aggression: Where it Stands and Where it's Going

Compensating Victims of the Crimes of War

Ben Ferencz, Munich, Germany. 1945.

Pre-1970

War Crimes Law And The Vietnam War

West Germany: Supreme Court Bars Claims of Forced Laborers

International Crimes Against the Peace

Restitution to Nazi Victims: A Milestone in International Morality

Nuremberg Trial Procedure and the Rights of the Accused

Ferencz Opening Statement at Nuremburg

On Criminal Responsibility