Genocide Conviction

NPR’s All Things Considered has a piece about the conviction of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, by the The International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia. Karadzic was convicted of genocide and nine other charges Thursday and sentenced to 40 years in prison. 3 min 41 sec, transcript available.

Goldstone on the Politics of International Justice

Legally Speaking produced by the University of California Television has an interview with South Africa's Judge Richard Goldstone - The Politics of International Justice. 58 min, video and audio, no transcript, but an article with edited excerpts of the interview is available here.

Gresham lectures

Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC is the Gresham Professor of Law for 2012-2013. He gave his first lecture on September 12th entitled 'International Criminal Tribunals: Experiments? Works in progress? Institutions that are here for good, or maybe not?' 57 min. Streaming and downloadable video and audio, transcript and power point presentations available. The titles for the 5 upcoming lectures are available.
The list of past Gresham lectures in the field of law can be found here.

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)

International Law and Justice On October 17, The Council on Foreign Relations (U.S.) held a symposium on International Law and Justice with the support of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. Session One: International Obligations Toward Victims of Mass Atrocities Session Two: U.S. Engagement in the International Legal System Session Three: The Darfur Case - introduction by Angelina Jolie, speaker Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court .mp3 or video, 1h+ per session, no transcript yet

America’s Rocky Relationship With the World Heather Hurlburt & Eric Posner discuss America's rocky relationship with the world, touching on global warming, the Geneva Conventions, what President Obama will do when Spain arrests John Yoo, and America's inherent conflict with international law. a diavlog (video dialog) 59 min., no transcript, can download in WindowsMediaPlayer or .mp3

Human Rights Two contributions to the study of human rights have been posted to the internet recently. Georgetown University Law Center hosted the Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights: The Future of Human Rights on April 8, 2008 — video (Quicktime) and audio (mp3) recordings of the event are available-no transcript. The program took place over a whole day, but the recordings are available by theme. One keynote address was delivered by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. One hour and a half panel discussions covered "How the U.S. Should Deal with Human Rights Abuses of Allies and Partners" and "Introducing Social and Economic Rights into U.S. Policy" Another event which takes up the theme of economic and social rights is a debate organised by the University of Virginia on April 9, 2008— Four participants examined the resolution "Americans have a fundamental right to health care, and it is the obligation of government to secure that right." JudyAnn Bigby, MD, Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Regina Herzlinger, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, spoke in favor of the resolution. Dick Armey, Chairman of FreedomWorks and former House Majority Leader, and Richard Epstein, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, argued against. 1 hour - Windows Media Player, Quicktime, RealPlayer, .mp3. Transcript available.

Radio Netherlands Radio Netherlands has a special series entitled International criminal justice It includes Nuremberg – Law on Trial The Special Court for Sierra Leone Other programs include Prosecuting the most serious crimes - 29 min. Realplayer or WindowsMediaPlayer Law and peace, part 1 - 4 Oct. 2006 - 29 min. part 2 - 11 Oct. 2006

Public international law and EU law audio/video American Foreign Policy in the War on Terror: Is Torture Ever Acceptable? a debate between Jeremy Waldron and John Yoo, Columbia Law School, April 21, 2005. video click here The Court of Justice of the European Communities, Philippe Léger, Advocate-General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Duke Law School, March 29, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 11 mins. video click here Humanitarian law in the EU and universal jurisdiction click here The Supreme Court Meets International Law Dean Harold Koh, Yale Law School video click here Remaking Global Rules: From Torture to Trade [Philippe Sands] video click here The Constitutional Treaty: The Future of Europe? Heritage Foundation, January 26, 2005. 1 hr. 9 minutes video click here The Law Report - Australian radio - has in its archives "The Law Report in Europe". Especially interesting is "European Court of Justice" which has an interview with the British justice on the European Court of Justice audio click here On the Europa website, a series of videos illustrating key subjects and Community policies click here to see the wide choice of subjects PBS (American public television) this site has scripts you can read, if the recording is too difficult at first, to help you. audio, sometimes video available CALLS FOR U.N. REFORM March 21, 2005 click here CRISIS IN SUDAN March 17, 2005 click here CHINESE CHALLENGE TO TAIWAN March 14, 2005 click here CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT March 10, 2005 click here The limits of international law, Eric Posner and Jack Goldsmith present their recent book challenging many assumptions about international law at the American Enterprise Institute. To watch the program via C-Span, go to this page, then chose the American Enterprise Institute Panel on International Law. But don't wait too long, because the archives on C-Span are not indefinite. You can also access the transcript of the debate International Law and Individuals: International Criminal Tribunals, Stanford Law School, March 18, 2005 click here [includes comments by Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson (Jamaica), International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba (Zambia), member of the Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; Judge Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. (United Kingdom), member of the Appeals Chamber, Special Court for Sierra Leone; and Judge Navanethem Pillay (South Africa), International Criminal Court]. 1 hr. 36 minutes. Another video is available of the plenary session of the colloquium, with more stars (Judge Hanne Sophie Greve, Norway, European Court of Human Rights; Judge Theodor Meron, US, president, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Judge Rosalyn Higgins, UK, International Court of Justice; Judge Sang-Hyun Song, Republic of Korea, International Criminal Court) United Nations peacekeeping on Justice Learning (audio) click here and don't forget UN Radio, with news everyday