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A Tribute To Robert H. Jackson – Recalling America's Contributions To International Criminal Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2019

Chile Eboe-Osuji*
Affiliation:
International Criminal Court.

Extract

It is an immense honor to be here. But the honor is special indeed; because it was around this time seventy-four years ago—more precisely on April 13, 1945—that Robert H. Jackson (as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) addressed this same gathering, in a classic speech titled “Rule of Law Among Nations.”

Type
Friday Keynote Address
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law

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Footnotes

The keynote address was convened at 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2019. The keynote speaker was Chile Eboe-Osuji, president of the International Criminal Court.

References

1 Robert H. Jackson, The Rule of Law Among Nations, 31 A.B.A.J. 290 (1945) (address before the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., Apr. 13, 1945).

2 Henry T. King Jr., Robert H. Jackson and the Triumph of Justice at Nuremberg, 35 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 263 (2003).

3 Aide Memoire from the United Kingdom, April 23, 1945, International Organization and Conference Series II; European and British Commonwealth 1, Department of State Publication 3080, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1949.

4 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat 23, National Archives (Oct. 12, 1942).

5 Justice Jackson's Report to the President on Atrocities and War Crimes, United States Department of State Bulletin, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1945 (June 7, 1945).

6 Statement by United States Delegation, Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (Mar. 23, 1998).

7 Mapping Report, para. 51 (August 2010).

8 United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions: Report by Mr. B.W. Ndiaye, Special Rapporteur on his mission to Rwanda from 8 to 17 April 1993, UN Doc. E/CN.4/1994/7/Add.1 (Aug. 11, 1993).

9 Eleanor Roosevelt, My Day, October 30, 1950, in The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Digital Edition (2017).