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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 4. April 2006 / Time Line April 4, 2006
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"ON TRIAL: THE US MILITARY AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT"
by Victoria K. Holt and Elisabeth Dallas, Future of Peace Operations Program
The Henry L. Stimson Center
http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?id=278
Nearly four years after the Court's establishment, Stimson's study, On
Trial: The US Military and the International Criminal Court, examines
American military interests today as the ICC takes on its first cases
investigating atrocities in Sudan, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of
Congo. Based on interviews with military personnel, this year-long study
found high anxiety but little understanding about how the ICC works.
Military experts more familiar with the Court felt less apprehension, but
recommended addressing current US interests by moving from studied
distancing to constructive engagement with the Court. The report identifies
the views and concerns of military personnel, and presents their
recommendations for a way forward.
The project aimed to move past older debates over whether to oppose or join
the Court, and to identify current thinking within military circles and
common interests - if not agreements - among experts and non-experts,
critics and advocates of the Court.
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