State from different countries to discuss fundamental human rights and democratic development issues. It increases public awareness, in Canada and abroad, of human rights violations and sponsors publications, research, conferences, missions of enquiry as well as public events.
ICHRDD has been at the forefront of the international movement for the creation of an effective International Criminal Court. The creation of an ICC relates directly to the International Centre's campaign against impunity initiated in 1993 with the organisation of an International Popular Tribunal on Haiti (September 1993) and an international conference on impunity in Africa, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (March 1996). ICHRDD's campaign against impunity emphasized the importance of knowing the truth about the past, the necessity of effective prosecution and compensation, and the prerequisite of strengthening the rule of law for the sake of punishment and deterrence of serious and large-scale violations of human rights. In its advocacy for the creation of a strong and effective ICC, ICHRDD encouraged the Francophonie's Hanoi (1997) and Moncton (1999) summits and the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Edinburgh (1997) to adopt resolutions in favour of the ICC. ICHRDD has closely followed the work of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former-Yugoslavia. Furthermore, ICHRDD organized, in March 1998, a meeting of experts to devise lobbying strategies in support of the creation of the ICC.
Moreover, in collaboration with Canadian and international NGOs, ICHRDD contributed to the debate on the structure and mandate of the ICC, participating in all 6 Preparatory Committees since 1996 and the 1998 Rome Diplomatic Conference as well as facilitating the participation of some southern partners including women's rights activists to the Preparatory Committees. ICHRDD is an active member of the Steering Committee of the NGO Coalition for an ICC. A key partner is the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice in the International Criminal Court. ICHRDD is now working with partners to lobby States for a quick ratification of the Rome Statute.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This Manual was written by a team of researchers and writers at the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR) in Vancouver, and Rights and Democracy (new short version of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD)) in Montreal. The contributors, in particular, were Daniel Prefontaine, Executive Director of ICCLR, Warren Allmand, President of ICHRDD, Joanne Lee, Associate at ICCLR, Alexandre Morin, Researcher at ICHRDD, and Monique Trepanier, Program Co-ordinator at ICCLR. Valuable contributions were also made by Valerie Oosterveld of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), Christian Champigny, Research Assistant at ICHRDD and Bill Hartzog, independent consultant. The International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association (ICDAA) provided input on the assistance of defence counsel.
ICCLR and ICHRDD wish to express their appreciation to the Canadian government for its financial support of this project, granted through the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Canada's Department of Justice also provided research funding.
In developing this Manual for the Ratification and the Implementation of the Rome Statute, the contributors took into account the views expressed and the information provided by the following experts who participated in teleconference meetings, provided feedback and/or attende
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