The International Criminal Court represents the most ambitious attempt ever to apply the rule of law on a global scale and to protect the most basic human rights. Launched in 2002, it is the first permanent international court set up to prosecute individuals for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. THE RECKONING follows ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo for three years across four continents as he and his team tirelessly issue arrest warrants for Lord’s Resistance Army leaders in Uganda, prepare to put Congolese warlords on trial, challenge the UN Security Council to help indict Sudan’s president for the Darfur massacres, and shake up the Colombian justice system. Moreno-Ocampo has a mandate but no police force. At every turn he must put pressure on the international community to muster political clout for the cause. As this tiny court in The Hague struggles to change the world and forge a new paradigm for justice, victims suffer and wait. Will the court succeed and will the world ensure that justice prevails? *Official selection, Sundance Film Festival 2009
Filmmakers Pamela Yates, Paco de Onis and Peter Kinoy in person
Presented in association with Facing History and Ourselves, www.facinghistory.org
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