Editorial [Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights, 2(1)]

Abstract

The reason for publishing the proceedings of the ICC conference, held in Malta on 12 and 13 September 1997, in the fourth issue of the "Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights" is not simply a gesture of courtesy towards the Maltese institutions which, with their spirit of friendship and organizational capabilities, have ensured the success of this conference, conceived by the International Committee "No Peace without Justice" and accomplished with the collaboration of the University. of Malta and the Foundation for International Studies. We believe that these proceedings are actually a very significant scientific contribution to the keen debate that is taking place in political and academic circles on the institution of the ICC, particularly on its institutional identity and the ways in which it will function. These proceedings can therefore become an effective tool for all those who in the coming months, at various levels, will be giving their opinions and taking decisions on which the imminent creation of the ICC will depend. [excerpt]