| | Is it time the U.S. joins the International Criminal Court?
The Commonwealth Club of California, 2nd floor
595 Market Street [at 2nd--above Montgomery BART station]
San Francisco Join the discussion on whether we should join the Court or not.
The International Criminal Court is almost ten years old. Fears of the U.S. that it would be a politicized institution likely to prosecute American Servicemen have not been realized, nor has it been effective in prosecuting persons responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity or deterring such crimes. Its relationship to the Security Council of the United Nations in determining when acts of aggression have occurred also remains unsettled.
In recent years the U.S. has moderated its hostility to the court. However, the Obama Administration has yet to decide whether it’s time for the U.S. to join the court.
William H. Taft, IV was the Co-Chair of an independent task force sponsored by the American Society of International Law that issued a report on U.S. policy toward the court in 2009.
*A networking reception will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets: $8/Club members; $15/non-members
For more information contact:
Commonwealth Club
Register Online, or Phone:
415-597-6700
www.commonwealthclub.org
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