IBA ICC Films

On 31 May 2012, as part of the IBA’s 7th Annual Bar Leaders Conference, the IBA International Criminal Court (ICC) Programme hosted a high-level panel discussion on the role of lawyers in establishing international criminal courts and safeguarding their legacy. View film

Ambassador of Ireland for The Netherlands Mary Whelan - who is also the Facilitator on Co-operation for the Assembly of State Parties of the ICC - spoke to IBA Senior Reporter Rebecca Lowe about some of the biggest challenges currently facing the Court. View film

Panel moderator James Goldston, founding Executive Director of the Open Society Justice Initiative - an organisation that promotes rights-based law reform and the development of legal capacity worldwide - spoke to IBA Senior Reporter Rebecca Lowe about some of the biggest challenges currently facing the Court. View film

ICC President Sang-Hyun Song spoke to IBA Senior Reporter Rebecca Lowe about some of the biggest concerns and challenges facing the Court - including State co-operation, complementarity and accountability - as it enters its ninth year of operation. View film

The IBA hosted an experts’ roundtable discussion entitled ‘Great Expectations: exploring individual and mutual responsibilities of states and the International Criminal Court’ on 30 November, 2010, at the Peace Palace, The Hague. View film

Judge Buergenthal is currently serving at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. His extraordinary life story, including incarceration as a child in Auschwitz, and his contributions to international law, made him a compelling choice for interview. In addition to his childhood experiences, he also discussed issues such as Kosovo and the West Bank Barrier.  Watch webcast / Read interview

On 12 May 2010, the IBA and the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a campaign to encourage qualified African women lawyers to apply for admission to the ICC List of Counsel and Lists of Assistants to Counsel. The campaign was launched during a press conference held at the ICC in The Hague. Watch ICC Registrar and IBA Executive Director address press conference / Read more

The IBA held a webcast interview and Q&A with Justice Richard Goldstone, former chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia and past IBA Human Rights Institute Co-Chair. He discussed issues surrounding international justice and human rights. Watch webcast

Interview with US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, Stephen Rapp, at the Hague roundtable of January 2010 in advance of the ICC Review Conference, June 2010. Ambassador Rapp discusses topics including the United States' engagement with the ICC. View film

Interview with former ICC President, Philippe Kirsch, at the Hague roundtable of January 2010 in advance of the ICC Review Conference, June 2010, Kampala. Judge Kirsch discusses issues including the Kampala conference. View film

The IBA/ICC Monitoring and Outreach Programme hosted a high-level roundtable discussion in January 2010 at The Hague’s Peace Palace, to prepare for the Review Conference for the Rome Statute in June 2010. Panellists included US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp, and former ICC President Philippe Kirsch. View film