The Reckoning: The Battle For The International Criminal Court
The Reckoning: Battle For The International Criminal Court DVD VIDEO documentary Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: POV Released: 2009 Media: DVD A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court attempts to enforce international laws against war crimes and genocide.Late in the 20th century, in response to repeated mass atrocities that convulsed the world, more than 120 countries united to form the International Criminal Court (ICC)-the first permanent, independent (treaty based) international criminal court created to prosecute perpetrators (no matter how powerful) of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court follows dynamic ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo and his team for 3 years across 4 continents as he issues arrest warrants for Lord's Resistance Army leaders in Uganda, puts Congolese warlords on trial, shakes up the Colombian justice system, and charges Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir with genocid