The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court

The Reckoning was shown on the PBS program Point of View in July 2009. It is being streamed in its entirety online until October 21st, 2009 for some, but not in France where it is not available due to rights restrictions. However, there are some very good clips available.

4 interviews (with transcripts)

• John Bolton — opposes the ICC (4:32 min.)
• Christine Chung — former senior trial attorney for the ICC (3:46 min.)
• Fatou Bensouda — a deputy prosecutor at the ICC (5:05 min.)
• Ben Ferencz — former prosecutor at Nuremberg (6:14 min.)

The history of the ICC (no transcript)

• An overview of the conficts and international tribunals that preceded the creation of the International Criminal Court (16:40 min.)
• The Rome Conference (4:14 min.)
• The ICC (7:17 min.)

As a compliment to these videos you can read Perspectives on International Justice and Human Rights - eight views on the U.S. and the ICC and find background and film-related links.

This documentary was discussed at On Point, WBUR Boston, August 5, 2009. (60 min., no transcript)