Per la Pau / Peace in Progress

The Kampala Conference: the review of the Statute of the International Criminal Court

The Review Conference of the Statute of the International Criminal Court was convened by the UN Secretary-General on 7 August 2009, in accordance with the stipulations of article 121 of the Statute, and will be held in Kampala (Uganda) between 31 May and 11 June. The Statute was adopted at the diplomatic conference held in Rome in June and July 1998 and came into force on 1 July 2002, after being ratified by 60 States. After the recent ratification by Bangladesh, there are 111 States Parties to the Statute.

Central Articles
- From Nuremburg to Rome: The importance of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia in the process of creating and consolidating International Criminal Justice
  
  Héctor Olásolo Alonso
- The topics to be submitted for discussion at the Kampala Conference
  
  Antoni Pigrau
- The geography of the International Criminal Court
  
  Pablo Aguiar
- On the definition of aggression
  
  Antonio Remiro Brotons
- Spain and the International Criminal Court
  
  Antoni Pigrau
- Proposal on the amendments on weapons and projectiles in the statute of the International Criminal Court
  
  The Centre for International Humanitarian Law Studies of the Spanish Red Cross (CEDIH)
Interview
- Interview with Ucha Nanuashvili
  
  Ucha Nanuashvili, the director of the Human Rights Centre of Georgia came to Barcelona last Spring, having been invited by the Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya to participate in its program about “Forgotten Conflicts”. In this interview, he explains the difficulties that Human Rights organizations find when working in hostile environments; about the unique and inspiring campaign of apology towards the communities that have suffered an armed conflict; about the political and social situation in Georgia and about the perspectives of peace processes in the southern Caucasus.

The idea of justice

Amartya Sen. La idea de la justicia. Madrid: Taurus, 2010

It is not very common for a Nobel Prizewinner in Economic Sciences to write about philosophy. This author has been challenging the predominant economic model for many years. While this model considers self-interest to be the essential factor in human motivation, Amartya Sen emphasizes the values of humanity. This economist showed that hunger is not a consequence of the lack of food, but instead of inequalities in its distribution mechanisms.
Women Building Peace: What they do. Why it matters

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini. Women Building Peace: What they do. Why it matters. London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.

What is women’s part in the construction of peace? Why is it important? These are some of the questions which the author uses to examine women's contributions to the prevention and transformation of conflicts, mediation and peace negotiations, disarmament and demobilization processes and the reintegration of combatants, governance in post-conflict scenarios, transitional justice and reconciliation.
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