Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Homework for Week 5

Hello, مرحبا , and Здраво,

Here is this weeks homework...

1.) You need to relay this week's decisions about the schedule, logistics, and topics to the Student Union. I will relay the information to Teacher David. We'll go from there. let's plan to iron out (that means "to finalize") everything next Tuesday.

2.) Finish last week's homework. Everyone except for Sabina will have points taken off (Thank you Sabina :)). Please turn those into me before Wednesay night at 10:00 p.m. or more points will be taken off

3.) Read the links that are listed below. They deal with the Rome Convention, the jusrusdiction of the ICC, current tribunals that are taking place, some information regarding the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and some relevant questions about the role of the UN and the ICC.

4.) Complete the following research in MLA format and turn those in by Monday, March 21st by 10:00 p.m.

DEFENSE

Darren: How did Qadaffi rise to power? What has he done in office economically, dilpomatically, militarilly, etc. Which of these actions have angered the world. How has the UN and other nations responded to his actions over the last 42 years?

Murielle: How has the International Criminal Court developedinto what it is today? What is the Rome Convention Statute of the International Court? Give all teh details behind when, why, how, etc. it was founded.

Christine: What is the jurisdiction of the ICC? What are its' shortcomings? Mores epcifically, what can and can't it do. Give some historical examples (especially from the Milosivec trial).

WITNESSES

Junior: What atrocities have been commiteed by the Armed Forces of Libya? Who from Libya is willing to testify against Qadaffi? What did Obrahim Dabasshi and the former UN Delegates to the UN from Libya do that has raised eyebrows? Why did they do that?

Sarah: What Human Rights atrocities have been committed in Libya? WHo can testify that these have happened?

Sabina: What is teh general background of all the chaos in Libya? Why is the ICC looking at getting involved?

PROSECUTION

Eve, Peggy, and Catherine: What does each of your respective jobs entail? What do you actually do for the ICC? Also, what formal charges have you brought up against Qadaffi and why? HINT: You are going to have to look at teh formal charges brought up in other tribunals and base your indictment on those.


Jia you!

Mr. Gibson

3 comments:

  1. 1.) Official Website of International Criminal Court: http://www.icc-cpi.int/

    This website has all information about teh prosecutors, jusrisdiction, structure, etc. of the Court. This is probably your best bet for information about how the court functions.

    2.) Official Website of the Rome Statute to the International Court Convention (Remember, this gives the ICC Tribunals SOME teeth): http://untreaty.un.org/cod/icc/index.html

    3.) Human Rights Watch: This is the most important NGO in terms of human rights violations. They observe any aledged human rights violations: http://www.hrw.org/

    4.) A good summary of the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-institutions_government/hague_3352.jsp

    5.) An excerpt from one man's testimnoy against Milosevic: http://www.crimesofwar.org/onnews/news-milosevic3.html

    That should get you started and give you a FRAMEWORK for starting your project.

    Find me if you have questions,

    Mr. Gibson

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  2. 6.) Red Cross in Libya: This will especially be helpful for the prosecutors and Sarah - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12767759

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  3. 7.) An excellent blog on Current Events in Libya: This should be good for everyone. There are literally links to media outlets from all around the world that will be relevant to your topic and research. - http://www.libya-watanona.com/

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