War Crimes Conference
Watch live video Sept. 13 and 14, or recorded video after:
AGENDA FOR THE "JUSTICE ROBERT H. JACKSON CONFERENCE": PLANNING FOR THE PROSECUTION OF HIGH LEVEL AMERICAN WAR CRIMINALS
September 13 - 14, 2008, Andover, Massachusetts
"The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power and make deliberate and concerted use of it to set in motion evils which leave no home in the world untouched."
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"The Charter of this Tribunal evidences a faith that the law is not only to govern the conduct of little men, but that even rulers are, as Lord Chief Justice Coke put it to King James, 'under God and the law.'"
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"And let me make clear that while this law is first applied against German aggressors, the law includes, and if it is to serve a useful purpose it must condemn aggression by any other nations, including those which sit here now in judgment."
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From Opening Statement of The Chief Prosecutor, Supreme Justice Robert H. Jackson, at Nuremberg.
"The same disaster has now happened twice in forty years, in Viet Nam and Iraq. It must never happen again. As at Nuremberg, we need to take steps to insure that leaders will never do it again."
- Lawrence R. Velvel, Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law
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