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Prosecutions
Explore research on the use of prosecutions as a tool to help prevent mass atrocities.
External Resources
Selected informational resources on US government use of prosecutions:
International Criminal Court (ICC):
- Congressional Research Service report (2010) on the ICC’s jurisdiction and US policy
- American Service-Members' Protection Act, which restricts US cooperation with the ICC
- Examples of UN Security Council referrals to the ICC:
- Resolution 1593 (2005): Security Council refers the situation in Darfur, Sudan to the prosecutor of the ICC
- Resolution 1970 (2011): Security Council referral of Libya to the ICC
Prosecution of atrocity perpetrators in US courts if victims or perpetrators were US persons:
- See the website for the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section in the US Department of Justice
Additional information:
- See the website for the Office of Global Criminal Justice at the US Department of State
- See the US Department of State’s policy paper (2016) on criminal prosecutions as a transitional justice tool