A Formal Debate on The International Criminal Court May 12, 2005

>Chicago Debate Society and Justice for Darfur
> present:
>A formal Debate on the International Criminal Court.
>
>Thursday May 12, 5:30 pm
>Social Sciences 122
>Discussion and Light Refreshments to Follow in the courtyard.
>
>Ethnic cleansing by government-backed militia groups has
>killed as many as 400,000 and displaced up to 2 million
>people
>in the Darfur of Sudan. This crisis has presented the United
>States with a dilemma that may prove to be a turning point in
>the development of international criminal law. Historically,
>the U.S. has treated the International Criminal Court (ICC)
>with disdain if not outright hostility. However, in the case
>of Darfur, the U.S. changed its position on a UN Security
>Council resolution from a veto to an abstention. How should
>the U.S. now proceed? Should the Administration now move
>toward ratification of the 1998 Rome Statute which
>establishes
>the ICC or should the U.S. revert to outright opposition?
>
>Co-sponsored by UC Prayer Group, UC Democrats, and College
>Republicans