Word: scheffer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...simply cannot let war criminals set the agenda of the 21st century," Scheffer said...
...fear of future atrocities and the success of the ad hoc war crimes tribunals created to deal with Yugoslavian and Rwandan criminals have paved the way for a conference in Rome this summer, according to Scheffer...
...goal of the conference is to establish a permanent international court, but Scheffer cautioned that obstacles remain...
...Scheffer identified the court's ambiguous relationship with the United Nations Security Council as a major stumbling block...
...Security Council should play an integral role in bringing crimes to the court's attention, Scheffer said. Derided as an infringement of the political independence of the court, Scheffer noted that the court's prosecutors would have no mandate without the "political clout" of the United Nations...