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3 Penn St. J.L. & Int'l Aff. i (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/pensalfaw3 and id is 1 raw text is: Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs 2014 VOLUME 3 No. 1 FOREWORD Claudio Grossman* International criminal law attempts to sanction crimes that have a global nature and impact. After World War II, the international community came together to begin addressing important international issues, including preventing future war and non-war related atrocities and crimes. From the International Military Tribunals established in the wake of World War II to the world's first permanent International Criminal Court (ICC), a number of international bodies, treaties, and statutes have been formed in an effort to effectively administer criminal justice on an international level. Yet the administration and application of international criminal justice has faced significant hurdles and there are numerous opinions on the proper application, scope, and import of international criminal law. This important issue of the Penn State Journal of Lan) International Affairs (ILIA) examines the evolution and future of the role of international criminal justice in international relations, as well as the structural challenges facing the ICC and other global * Claudio Grossman, Dean, Professor of Law, and Raymond Geraldson Scholar for International and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American University. Dean Grossman is currently the Chair of the United Nations Committee against Torture. The views expressed herein are those of Dean Grossman and not necessarily those of the Committee against Torture. Dean Grossman is also President of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights and member of the International Objectives Committee of the Association of American Law Schools. He was a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights from 1993-2001, where he served in numerous capacities including President (1996-97; 2001), the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women (1996- 2000), and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Populations (2000- 2001).

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