What is the ICC?

What is the purpose of

the ICJ?

What war crimes took

place in Nuremberg?
What is an
International Criminal
Tribunal?
What African Nation
has seen many war
criminals on trial?
Give an example of a
civil dispute ruled on by
the ICJ?
What lage international
organization oversees
the ICJ?
Why did the U.N. help
create the ICC?

Describe a
disadvanage of using
an international court
to settle a dispute
between nations?
What city would we
find both the ICC and
the ICJ?
Visit the website for the International Criminal Court (www.icc-cpi.int)

And search out a current case involving war crimes and/or genocide (an example might be
Darfur in Sudan). Choose one of the case links and follow up with some reading and
research notes. Report back to the class with a summary of the case, its potential for a
conviction and the potential penalty for the offender(s). Alternatively use local news media or
news magazines to research a war crimes trial for Uganda, Sudan, Republic of Congo or
other country