The International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN) is an international student association that brings together young people interested in the

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and in international criminal justice. The association aims at enhancing awareness about the Court’s activity and at increasing knowledge of issues of international criminal law. The ICCSN is currently a member of the

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History

The ICCSN was created in 2006 by students at the

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, UK and now includes members from six universities in

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and the

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, the

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, the

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, and, as of 2011, the

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. Law students at

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established the first U.S. Chapter. Students at

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set up the first chapter at a university without a law school. The first chapter in

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was opened at

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in the Autumn of 2012. In 2014, the first Australian chapter was founded by law students at the

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Mission

A fundamental premise of the ICCSN is the idea is that the development of international criminal justice relies on youth’s efforts and consciousness and that the involvement of new generations in the discussion about international justice will help the ICC legal machinery to prove effective. ICCSN's campaigns are focused on promoting effective compliance with ICC’s actions and decisions amongst Member States, on information dissemination on the cases currently at the attention of the Court, on the arrangement of public debates and the publication of a Journal, ''Issues in International Criminal Justice''.

Activities

Apart from campaigning, the network has hosted numerous speaker events, sent members on a trip to the Hague to visit and learn about the mechanisms of the ICC, and organised the first ever international criminal law meeting in the United Kingdom. The association was also represented as a member of the coalition for the ICC at the Seventh Session of the Assembly of State Parties in November 2008.
The association operates through the work of an Executive Committee, which includes a Director, a Chair, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Public Relations Officer and an Outreach Officer, directly elected from the members of the association.

References

External links

Official website
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