"Ending Impunity? The International Criminal Court at 25"

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program for Rohatyn Global Fellows proudly presents the lecture “Ending Impunity? The International Criminal Court at 25” by Toby Fenwick ‘95.

The 1998 Rome Statute laid the legal groundwork to create the International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2002, that treaty—and the ICC—went into effect. The Court’s mandate was clear: to end the impunity that individual criminals who perpetrated war crimes had enjoyed, and to prosecute those guilty of some of the world’s most horrendous offenses, including genocide, crimes against humanity, and crimes of aggression. Twenty-five years on, has the ICC fulfilled its mandate?

In this lecture, Toby Fenwick ‘95—a veteran of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and convener of the Contemporary Human Rights course at the Cambridge Institute for Continuing Education—examines the ICC’s record. What has worked? What hasn’t? Why? And how might the Court’s operations be improved?

A UK civil servant, Fenwick has worked on the UK’s departure from the European Union and has held positions with the Department of International Trade and the Treasury. In the private sector, he has worked in the venture capital and banking sectors. He also teaches courses in the ICE (Institute of Continuing Education) Undergraduate Certificate in International Relations program at the University of Cambridge.

In person event in RAJ CON.

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