Stephen J. Rapp, CILRAP Conversation on World Order

Speaker: Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp (former Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State).
Topic: A CILRAP Conversation on World Order focusing on the risk of inflationary use of the genocide classification, including its relevancy in situations such as Ukraine and Rakhine; incitement to genocide and local political culture; the notion of suigenocide; achievements of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and its relevancy to other mainly-Muslim countries; the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal; ‘good enough’ criminal justice for core international crimes; accountability for Syria crimes; documentary evidence in Syria implicating Iranian actors; Iranian nuclear negotiations and the situation of minorities in Iran; significance of investments in accountability for crimes against Muslims in several countries and the expectation of accountability capacity-development; some insights from serving the U.S. Office of Global Criminal Justice and the utility of such offices; quality of government support for the ICC; and on the importance of the integrity standard for ICC States Parties.
Date of recording: 25 May 2025
Place of recording: CILRAP Bottega, Florence
Date of release: 31 July 2025
Duration of recording: 02:09:24
PURL: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/250525-rapp/
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