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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Benjamin B. Ferencz
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 332 - 333
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1991

References

1 See 2 B. Ferencz, An International Criminal Court (1980).

2 See Ferencz, Current Developments Note, 75 AJIL 674 (1981).

3 UN Docs. A/C.6/44/SR.38–41 (1989).

4 UN Doc. A/C.6/44/SR.39, at 13.

5 UN Doc. A/C.6/44/SR.40, at 3–4.

6 UN Doc. A/C.6/45/SR.36, at 13 (1990).

7 The item was considered between October 29 and November 19, 1990. See UN Docs. A/C.6/45/ SR.29–38 (1990).

8 UN Doc. A/C.6/45/SR.35, at 8 (1990).

9 Eric Cox and Walter Hoffman reported that on September 4, 1990, at a House hearing, Congressman Jim Leach asked Secretary James A. Baker III about the proposed court, which might deal with Saddam Hussein and possibly Pol Pot. Baker responded, “I think that the suggestion is a good one in terms of an international criminal court.” Bulletin from World Federalist Association of Washington (Oct. 5, 1990). See also H. Con. Res. 66, 101st Cong., 1st Sess. (1989) (calling for the creation of an international criminal court); Specter, A World Court for Terrorists, N.Y. Times, Sunday op-ed, July 9, 1989; Leach, Don’t Help Pol Pot. Try Him, N.Y. Times, op-ed, Sept. 27, 1989.

10 See 136 Cong. Rec. S16, 216 (daily ed. Oct. 19, 1990).

11 M. C. Bassiouni, A Draft International Criminal Code and Draft Statute for an International Criminal Tribunal (1987). C. L. Blakesley of the Louisiana State University Law Center.onMay 15, 1990, drafted a model for a regional criminal court. See also 1982,1983 and 1986 International Law Association, Report of Conference, and Reports of the International Association of Penal Law.

12 SC Res. 674 (Oct. 29, 1990).

13 UN Doc. A/45/PV.14, at 68 (1990).

14 UN Doc. A/45/PV.4, at 36 (1990).