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September - October 2009
1 - 2 pm Eastern
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John Washburn, Convener of the American NGO Coalition for an ICC, spoke on the September 12th conference call about the International Criminal Court, the status of cases, the preparatory meetings of the ICC Review Conference, and many other ICC issues. Mr. Washburn also answered questions from callers regarding the International Criminal Court.
Promoting new International Criminal Court resolutions in both the House and Senate
The United States has made promoting and protecting human rights and the punishment for those individuals that abuse these rights a cornerstone of its foreign policy. Americans acknowledge the need to prosecute individuals who perpetrate the most heinous crimes anywhere in the world. At the end of the 20th century, one of the bloodiest in human history, the international community adopted a treaty creating the world's first independent and permanent court to investigate and prosecute individuals accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity - the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Patrick Kennedy have introduced concurrent resolutions in the Senate and House respectively, bolstering the U.S. relationship with the ICC. The goal of the Partners Project is, through lobby visits, to get as many Senators and Representatives to cosponsor the Senate and House resolutions as possible.
Moderator & Speaker
Don Kraus, CEO, Citizens for Global Solutions
Don Kraus is the Chief Executive Officer of Citizens for Global Solutions, a U.S. based membership organization dedicated to nations working together to solve global problems they cannot resolve on their own. Previously, he served as the organization's Executive Vice-President where he directed its Government Relations Department and Political Action Committee. Don currently co-chairs two NGO working groups: the Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping (PEP) and the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WICC). He also plays a lead role in the Law of the Sea Working Group, a broad group of organizations and trade associations focused on U.S. ratification of the convention.
Don compiles the Global Solution Report Card, an annual assessment of congressional voting records. He has been quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and many other publications. He has been interviewed on CNN, BBC, NPR, and many other radio and TV shows.
John Washburn, Convener of the American NGO Coalition for an ICC
John Washburn is the Convener of the American NGO Coalition for an International Criminal Court (AMICC), which is a program of the United Nations Association of the U.S. He is also the Co-Chairman of the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court and is a consultant with the International Coalition of NGOs of the International Criminal Court. He has written extensively on the ICC, and has appeared in many United Nations negotiations on the ICC.
In the past, Mr. Washburn has worked in the U.S. State Department, in the U.S. Foreign Service, as a director in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and as a director in the Department of Political Affairs at the United Nations.
A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Washburn is a member of the American Society of International Law and of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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