Negotiating the International Criminal Court : New York to Rome, 1994-1998 / by Fanny Benedetti, Karine Bonneau, John L. Washburn.
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Author
Title
Negotiating the International Criminal Court : New York to Rome, 1994-1998 / by Fanny Benedetti, Karine Bonneau, John L. Washburn.
Published
Leiden, The Netherlands : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2014.
Call Number
KZ7312 .B466 2014
ISBN
9789004209299 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004209298 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004260603 (e-book)
9004209298 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004260603 (e-book)
Description
xxi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)856879228
Summary
"This is the story and analysis of the unforeseen and astonishing success of negotiations by many countries to create a permanent international court to try atrocities. In 1998, 120 countries astounded observers worldwide and themselves by adopting the Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court. From this event began important and unprecedented changes in international relations and law. This book is for those who want to know and understand the reasons and the story behind these historic negotiations or for those who may wonder how apparently conventional United Nations negotiations became so unusual and successful. This book is both for those who seek detailed legislative history, scholars or practitioners in international law and relations and those simply curious about how the Court came about"-- Provided by the publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-240) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
xi
Acknowledgements
xiii
List of Abbreviations
xv
List of Interviewees
xvii
Introduction
1
I.
The Story
1
II.
Period Covered
2
III.
Methods, Processes, and Techniques of the Negotiations
4
1.
Why a Court, and How
7
I.
The Internal Politics of the ICC Negotiations
10
II.
The Place of Victims and Gender in the Negotiations
11
1.
Victims' Rights
11
2.
Gender-Related Crimes
12
2.
Negotiating the International Criminal Court
15
I.
Historic Background
15
II.
The Influence of the United Nations
16
III.
Negotiating Styles and Strategies
18
IV.
The Meeting Halls
20
V.
The Ad Hoc Committee (1995)
22
1.
First AHC Session (3--13 April 1995)
24
2.
Trends in Government Positions at the First AHC Session
29
3.
Second AHC Session (14--25 April 1995)
31
VI.
The Sixth Committee
34
VII.
The Preparatory Committee (1996--1998)
39
1.
First Session (25 March--12 April 1996)
39
2.
Second Session (12--30 August 1996)
41
3.
Third and Fourth Sessions (11--21 February, 4--15 August 1997)
43
4.
Fifth Session (1--12 December 1997)
45
5.
Sixth Session (16 March--3 April 1998)
47
VIII.
The Draft Text for Rome
49
3.
The Main Actors of the Negotiations
57
I.
The United Nations Secretariat
57
1.
Key Actors in the UN Secretariat
59
2.
Kofi Annan
63
II.
Governments and their Delegations
64
III.
Civil Society
68
1.
Key NGO Actors of the Negotiations
68
2.
The Ottawa Process
74
IV.
The Growth of the CICC
75
1.
William R. Pace
76
V.
The Like-Minded Group's Partnership with NGOs
79
1.
Intersessional Regional Meetings
82
2.
Like-Minded Group Leadership
83
3.
Common Ground
84
4.
The Rome Diplomatic Conference
87
I.
The Final Preparations
87
1.
The FAO Building
88
II.
A New Chairman at Rome
90
III.
Conference Procedures
91
IV.
Opening Statements
94
V.
The Committee of the Whole: `The Substantive Work'
96
1.
Outstanding Issues in the Draft Statute
97
2.
Working Groups
98
VI.
The Drafting Committee
100
1.
Cherif Bassiouni
101
VII.
The First Stages of Negotiations
103
VIII.
David Scheffer and the Position of the United States
106
IX.
The French Delegation
109
X.
The Canadian Delegation and Conference Leadership
112
XI.
NGOs
114
XII.
The UN Secretariat and Support Staff
116
5.
The Drama of the Final Days
119
I.
Final Breakthrough
121
1.
The First Set of Questions
126
2.
The Second Set of Questions
128
II.
The Final Vote
136
1.
The Complex Implications of the U.S. Defeat
140
6.
Major Results of the Negotiations and the Evolution of International Criminal Law
145
I.
Definitions of Crimes
145
1.
Genocide and Crimes against Humanity
145
2.
War Crimes
148
II.
Crimes of Sexual Violence and Gender Balance
148
1.
Crimes of Sexual Violence
148
2.
Gender Balance and Expertise in the Court
151
III.
Victims' Rights
152
1.
The Right to Participation
152
2.
The Right to Reparation
154
IV.
The Debate on Penalties and the Death Penalty
160
V.
ICC Jurisdiction
162
1.
States' Consent and Trigger Mechanisms
162
2.
An Independent Prosecutor
164
3.
The Role of the Security Council
165
VI.
The Key Role of States
167
Afterword
169
I.
The Rapid Entry into Force of the Statute
169
II.
The Work of the Preparatory Commission
170
III.
The CICC Evolution
171
IV.
The United States: From Aggressive Opposition Toward Cooperation
172
V.
As of Today
173
Concluding Remarks: Toward a New Multilateral Diplomacy
177
A Note on Sources and Research Methods
179
Appendix A
Tables
191
I.
Drafting the International Criminal Court Treaty
191
II.
UN Authorizations and Resolutions
195
III.
Last Two Weeks of the Rome Diplomatic Conference
198
Appendix B
SADC Principles
203
Appendix C
Dakar Declaration
205
Appendix D
NGO Basic Principles
207
Bibliography
211
I.
Books and Nonperiodic Materials
211
II.
Articles and Periodical Materials
218
III.
Other Sources
240
Index
241