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Abu Ghraib abuses fuel campaign for International Criminal Court.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)

The New American

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The International Criminal Court (ICC), which had receded into the shadows over the past few years, may soon be back in the limelight, propelled by sensational stories and photos indicating that some U.S. military personnel and civilian contractors grossly abused prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. This is certain to fuel a campaign to bring international war crimes charges against U.S. citizens serving in Iraq. This, in turn, will reignite a full-scale campaign to empower the new ICC, which was launched at the UN's 1998 Rome Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court. One of the principal non-governmental organizations leading the noisy and influential NGO contingent at the Rome summit was Amnesty International.

In a May 7 open letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, Amnesty ...

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