Video: UN Plaza: Treaties of the Future Don Kraus, CEO of Citizens for Global Solutions recently met with Mark Goldberg of The American Prospect, UN Dispatch via webcam on Bloggingheads TV and discussed the new possibilities in multilateral foreign policy under the Barrack Obama administration.     ...

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir indicted by the ICC: What’s Next? By Rumbidzai Maweni Research Associate, Citizens for Global Solutions On Monday, July 14th 2008, Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir became the first national leader to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, filed exa...

The ICC's 10 Year Milestone As the ICC Celebrates its 10th Anniversary What Future Lies in Store for the World's Only Permanent International Court? By Rumbidzai Maweni Research Associate, Citizens for Global Solutions Thursday, July 17th marked the 10th anniversary of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the signing of its founding agreement, the Rome T...

ANALYSIS: Obama vs. McCain on U.S.-U.N. Relations Josh RovengerJune 15, 2008 (This is the fourth in a series of papers analyzing the global and foreign policy views of the presumptive presidential nominees and how each candidate may govern as our nation’s next president.)   At the beginning of his quest to become president, then-governor George W. Bush wrote, “The ...

ANALYSIS: Obama vs. McCain on Torture Josh RovengerMay 28, 2008 (This is the second in a series of papers analyzing the global and foreign policy views of the presumptive presidential nominees and how each candidate may govern as our nation’s next president.) It’s become quite apparent that Senator Barack Obama is going to do whatever he can to link Senator John ...

PRESS RELEASE: Congress Passes Genocide Accountability Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Genocide Accountability Act by voice vote.  This move comes on the heels of Senate passage and now goes to President Bush for his approval before it becomes law. Statement of Citizens for Global Soluti...

PRESS RELEASE: Senate Needs to Reject Attorney General Nominee Washington, D.C. – President Bush’s nominee for Attorney General of the United States, Judge Michael Mukasey, in both his oral testimony and in follow up written statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee, refused to say whether waterboarding violates U.S. and international laws against torture.  ...

The Chautauqua Declaration Last week an unprecedented gathering of international war crimes prosecutors met with little fanfare (and even less media coverage) in Chautauqua, New York. These nine men sounded an international clarion call to end impunity by perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in drafting, signing and releasing...

IntroductionThe Nuremburg Trials held perpetrators of genocide accountable for crimes committed during the Holocaust. Nuremburg remains a testament to an international code of justice and a beacon for international law to this day. The United States has ratified the statute for the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, proving a long-held U.S. commitment to uphold...

ICC: International Criminal Court Issues Summons for Darfur Suspects, Bush Administration Must Match Court's Efforts on Darfur February 27, 2007 Washington, D.C. – Citizens for Global Solutions, a leading U.S.-based advocacy group for a strong and effective International Criminal Court (ICC) welcomes the ICC’s identification of two perpetrators in the on-goi...