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• Saddam Hussein: We got him. Now what?

  
  Photo: New York Times

  The recent capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein raises several questions relevant to scholars of international law. Though the International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction over Iraq, Saddam Hussein will most likely face some kind of trial in the near future for alleged war crimes, genocide, torture, and crimes against humanity. However, international policymakers and legal scholars are split on how to handle a potential trial. Below is a selection of news articles that discuss the legal dimension of Saddam Hussein's capture.

  • Now Online! The US Coalition Provisional Authority has just released the Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal.
  • Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch advocates an international trial along the lines of the Rwanda and Yugoslavia tribunals.
  • Leila Sadat, an ISC-ICC Advisory Board member, has also called for a UN-backed international trial.
  • The Guardian newspaper writes about the challenges facing a tribunal as planned by the Iraqi Governing Council.
  • Former Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor Ben Ferencz offers further caveats from his experience with international tribunals.
  • The New York Post newspaper argues in favor of an Iraqi court because international tribunals are unfeasible when it comes to Saddam Hussein.
  • The USA Today newspaper explains Saddam Hussein's status as a prisoner of war under international law.
  • Findlaw explores other options for Iraq besides an Iraqi tribunal or an international tribunal.
  • International legal experts John Washburn, Elise Groulx, Richard Dicker, and Fergus Watt are quoted on Saddam Hussein's trial in the Toronto Star newspaper.
• ASP Update: September, 2003

  The ISC-ICC is pleased to announce the delegation for the second Assembly of States Parties session. Meet our delegates in the September 2003 edition of our Voices of the Future delegation brochure! Be sure to also stay tuned for our final report from ASP.

• ISC-ICC Quarterly, Fall 2003

  Download the Fall 2003 issue of the ISC-ICC Quarterly, released on the occasion of the second session of the ASP.

• April 2003 Remembrance Month and the Victims Trust Fund Campaign

  
  The Independent Student Coalition for the International Criminal Court would like to invite you to participate in our Remembrance Month during the month of April. We are dedicating this month to many historical, yet tragic, events that occurred during April:

  Ø April 6, 1994		Rwandan Genocide began
  Ø April 17, 1975		Khmer Rouge gained power in Cambodia
  Ø April 24, 1915		Armenian Genocide began
  Ø April 29		Holocaust Memorial Day

  To commemorate the victims of these and many other horrific events, the ISC-ICC joins the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WICC) in their Victims Trust Fund Campaign.

  For more information about how to get involved please click here or contact Maria Weydemuller, Interim Chair for the ISC-ICC Subcommittee on Victims Rights.

• New! Photo gallery of ISC-ICC delegations to ASP and Prepcom.

• Join ISC-ICC! College, graduate, and law students, young alumni, and teachers welcome.