The Sun Climbs Slow: The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice

Authors: Paris, Erna
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
BISAC/Subject: HIS036070, POL035010, LAW051000
ISBN: 9781583229989, Related ISBNs: 1583228799, 1583229981, 9781583228791, 9781583229989
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 400,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: In this groundbreaking investigation, Erna Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent tribunal of its kind. The mandate of the ICC is to challenge criminal impunity on the part of national leaders and to promote accountability in world affairs at the highest level. Independent and transnational, its indictments cannot be vetoed in the Security Council.
On March 11, 2003, when the new court was inaugurated in a moving ceremony, attended by over half of the countries in the world, one country was conspicuously missing from the celebrations. The government of the United States had made it clear that the International Criminal Court was not consistent with American goals and values.
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