The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court

I'm posting this one for Marisa, though she's probably already seen the film. I hope that I can get to USF's Human Rights Film Festival tomorrow to see this one at 1pm.

The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
2009, 95 min., USA, Filmmaker(s): Pamela Yates, Paco de Onis, and Peter Kinoy

A selection from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. 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. 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 bring Sudan's president to justice 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. Will the court succeed and will the world ensure that justice prevails?

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The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court (60') from Skylight Pictures on Vimeo.

For more on the Lords Resistance Army see my post about the film The Invisible Children.