With its decision regarding an arrest warrant a day away, the International Criminal Court, or ICC, has been in the news a great deal. The court was created in response to the need for international justice to end impunity, a point ICC President Phillipe Kirsch rightly emphasizes. Enough has created a multimedia slide show narrating the history behind the ICC’s creation and the genesis of international justice in the post-war era. Despite some rocky periods, international justice—stretching from the Nuremberg trials to modern-day Sudan—has made some remarkable progress in both theory and practice.
Click here to view the slideshow, “Building a Permanent Deterrent to Impunity: A brief history of international justice."