Instititutional Repository of the University of PittsburghProfessor Charles C. Jalloh presented a paper: “The International Criminal Court and Africa: Collision Course or Cooperation?” at the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section, Department of Justice (Ottawa, Canada) on October 15, 2009. The presentation, which assessed prospects for continued cooperation by the 30 African States Party to the Rome Statute, built on his recently published research exposing the current tension between the Hague-based International Criminal Court (“ICC”) and countries in Africa. The continent is important to the future success of the new court because it is the only region in the world where the ICC was formally invited to investigate international crimes. Federal prosecutors and lawyers responsible for Canadian policy on international criminal justice issues were among those attending the lecture.
During his visit, Professor Jalloh also served as an expert panelist for the Canadian Council on International Law’s 38th Annual Conference. He, and Robert Petit, the first International Co-Prosecutor of the Cambodia Tribunal, commented on an award winning paper on the definition of genocide under the jurisprudence of the Rwanda Tribunal.
