Battling over ICC war-crimes court

  • 2003-06-19
  • Herve Clerc
AFP THE HAGUEA growing dispute between the United States and the European Union over the power and scope of the International Criminal Court is threatening to undermine further their already uneasy relations.With Argentine Luis Moreno-Ocampo sworn in as the first ICC chief prosecutor this week, the gulf between Washington and Brussels over the court's legitimacy and judicial limits continues to grow.The ICC will be the first permanent international court to try cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Its judges and prosecutor were appointed this year, but no case has yet ...
 
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