Father Joseph F. with daughter Pearl and son Benjamin (right), circa 1925.

Chief prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz (standing center) presents evidence at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. Photograph #09951; Courtesy US Holocaust Museum.

Chief Prosecutor Benjamin B. Ferencz, flanked by defense attorneys Dr. Bergold (at his right) and Dr. Aschenauer. Courtesy US Holocaust Museum.

Chief prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. Photograph #09917; Courtesy US Holocaust Museum.

June 16, 1998. Ben Ferencz Addresses the Delegates at the Rome Conference negotiating the statutes for an International Criminal Court (see speech). Speaking "for those who cannot speak, the victims..." he encouraged the Delegates to vote for the ICC, which they did overwhelmingly on July 17, 1998.
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December 1999, like a proud Papa, Ben Ferencz holds the Rome Treaty creating an International Criminal Court that is officially deposited in the Treaty Section at the United Nations

July 1, 2002. Ferencz, acting as the duly unauthorized representative of "We the Peoples" in whose name the UN was founded, sits in the empty seat reserved for the US government on the day of the ratification of the ICC. Demonstrating that not all Americans felt that the US should turn its back on the ICC, he gave the "victory" sign.

On March 11, 2003, his 83rd birthday, and the day the International Criminal Court judges were sworn in at the Hague. Ben Ferencz raises the US Flag as a symbol of support from the American public despite US Administration's opposition to the court.

Gang of 4: Lecturers at the Salzburg Law School Summer Session, August 2005. (L-R) Professors Roger Clark, Rutgers University, Otto Triffterer, University of Salzburg, William Schabus, University of Galway, and Benjamin B. Ferencz (forefront).

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