Writings

During the course of his distinguished career, Ben Ferencz has published numerous books, scholarly articles, letters, op-eds, and communiques through the web, He has also been featured in a wide range of video and audio recordings. 

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August 2002
August 1, 2002 (Note: The paragraph marked by “///” was deleted in the published version.) To the Editor: Senators Joseph R. Biden Jr, and Richard G. Lugar call for ...
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August 2002
Larry F. Craig, Republican Senator from Idaho, has used the Washington PostEditorial pages on August 22, 2001 to launch a vitriolic attack against the United Nations and the ...
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July 2002
On July 1, 2002, for the first time since the Nuremberg war crimes trials, a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) was created to hold accountable those leaders ...
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June 2002
Nederland 1, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2002 Unofficial Translation by Kate Kruize Presenter (Karel van de Graaf): Coming Monday the International Criminal Court will begin ...
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January 2002
Peace And Justice As We Enter A New Millennium A thousand years have passed and a world of peace and justice for all remains an ancient aspiration yet to be fulfilled. A more ...
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January 2002
To the Editor: Professor Ruth Wedgwood's understandable revulsion against terrorist attacks concludes that Al Qaeda members should not receive the extraordinary protections ...
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October 2001
To the Editor: Foreign Affairs should be congratulated for Kenneth Roth’s persuasive response to Henry Kissinger’s essay “The Pitfalls of Universal Jurisdiction” ...
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September 2001
Draft, July 2, 2001 Henry Kissinger's essay on "The Pitfalls of Universal Jurisdiction" (Foreign Affairs July/August 2001) perceives danger in allowing international legal ...
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September 2001
Katy Clark: Yesterday, Benjamin Ferencz posted a letter on his web page: Benjamin Ferencz: Dear Friends, Perhaps some of the tears have dried and people can begin to think ...
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August 2001
To the Editor: Re "Making Rules in the World Between War and Peace" (Week in Review, Aug. 19): Legal experts disagree on whether assassination of political adversaries is ...
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August 2001
TO THE CO-EDITORS IN CHIEF Monroe Leigh is absolutely right in his editorial comment in characterizing the international criminal court now being formed at the United Nations ...
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July 2001
(AP) A misguided trap is being set by right-wing conservatives. It threatens our national security interests and endangers our military personnel. The cleverly mislabeled ...
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June 2001
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - A misguided trap is being set by right-wing conservatives. It threatens our national security interests and endangers our military personnel. The cleverly ...
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June 2001
Ferencz Appearance on The National: CBC TV Copyright 2001 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation SHOW: THE NATIONAL (10:00 PM ET) June 26, 2001, Tuesday LENGTH: 2288 words ...
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May 2001
Dear Friends: William Safire's article in the NY Times of April 9 is an example of muckraking at its worst. He opposes the creation of the proposed new International Criminal ...
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May 2001
Dear Friends: On May 10, the US House of Representatives by a vote of 282 to 137, passed HR 1648, the so-called American Servicemembers Protection Act, designed to kill the ...
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February 2001
Dear Friends: Thanks to all of you who have disseminated information that should sound the alarm regarding a new threat designed to abort the establishment of an international ...
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January 2001
To the Editor: In "A World Court That Could Backfire" (Op-Ed, Jan. 15), Stephen D. Krasner argues that an international criminal court should be rejected since the threat of ...