Michael Struett is completing a doctoral dissertation titled "The Politics of Constructing the International Criminal Court" at UC Irvine. He has lectured on the ICC at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and published various articles on the topic including the "Meaning of the International Criminal Court" in the September 2004 issue of Peace Review.

The International Criminal Court created in 1998 is now operational. The talk will describe the main features of the court, including when it can prosecute the crimes of Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes against Humanity.  Finally, we will discuss US objections to the court, and the role of human rights activist groups in establishing the international criminal court.