The International Criminal Court (ICC), created by the Rome Statute in 2002, prosecutes crimes including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Currently, the Court has four situations on its docket: in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Darfur (Sudan), and the Central African Republic (CAR). While 106 countries have ratified the Rome Statute and joined the Court, the United States has not yet done so. To discuss these investigations and prosecutions, please join Dr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court.

This discussion will take place from 6:30-8:00 pm on Monday, April 7th. To attend, please register by responding to events@ypfp.org with your name and affiliation.

Dr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo

Luis Moreno-Ocampo was elected as the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on 21 April 2003. In 1985 Mr. Moreno-Ocampo was the deputy prosecutor in the "military juntas trial" in his home country, Argentina, the first case against top commanders responsible for mass atrocities since the Nuremberg trials.

During the following 20 years Mr. Moreno-Ocampo worked on several high profile cases of national and international criminal justice as a prosecutor and as an attorney. He also served as a visiting professor at both Stanford and Harvard Universities and was a board member of national and international NGOs, including The Project on Justice in Times of Transition, Poder Ciudadano and Transparency International. As an attorney since 1992, he worked on issues ranging from human rights, civic rights, corruption control, corporate responsibility, the protection of journalists and representing victims of gross violations of human rights.

His mandate today is to investigate and prosecute the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He has currently opened investigations into the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Darfur (the Sudan) and the Central African Republic.

An independent and determined Prosecutor, Moreno-Ocampo has in the course of his career indicted presidents, ministers, top military commanders and militia leaders, alike."