- War and Justice a true-life thriller about the International Criminal Court (ICC) with unprecedented access to Ben Ferencz (prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials), Luis Moreno-Ocampo (ICC's first prosecutor), and Karim Khan ( current prosecutor).
- Dedicated to Ben Ferencz the youngest chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials who fought his whole life to replace war with justice. War and Justice is the first and only true-life verité thriller, about the International Criminal Court (ICC), enlightened by unprecedented access to Benjamin Ferencz (prosecuting attorney of the Nuremberg Trials), Luis Moreno-Ocampo (ICC's first prosecutor), and Karim Khan (its current prosecutor). The film opens with the ICC's news-breaking arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the midst of the escalating Ukraine war,charging him with crimes against humanity. It rewinds to the inauguration of first Chief Prosecutor Ocampo. And it proceeds to chronicle the Court's two decades' journey as the emerging global authority to punish aggressors and help prevent war. Through unprecedented access, director Marcus Vetter follow Luis Moreno-Ocampo around the world as he enlists the support of Academy Awardwinning Angelina Jolie, as he partners with Benjamin Ferencz, as they together fight uphill battles against wars in the Congo, Libya, Syria and Ukraine, always with special concern for any atrocities against children. With the three largest world powers - China, Russia and the United States - still unwilling to sign the ICC treaty, will wars of aggression ever be brought to justice? Sadly, just as the film is a debut, Ben Ferencz's lifelong fight has ended. In April 2023, Ben Ferencz died in the age of 103. But Ocampo and Khan fight on in his honor, more determined than ever to put an end to all wars of aggression, along with the inevitable human atrocities they cause, because the biggest war crime of all is war itself.—Marcus Vetter
- The documentary WAR AND JUSTICE tells the 25-year history of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its mission to end the most serious crimes against humanity. But can war crimes in war be prevented at all? Or is Ben Ferencz, former prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, right when he says that the greatest war crime is war itself? The film focuses on Benjamin Ferencz, the Argentinian Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who was appointed the first Chief Prosecutor of the ICC in 2003, and Karim Khan, the current Chief Prosecutor of the ICC.
In July 1998, 120 states decided to transform the Nuremberg legacy into a permanent institution, something that had never been done before. These states pledged to prevent and punish the most serious crimes against the international community: crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes and wars of aggression. They created the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Today, the ICC is more in demand than ever. On February 24, 2022, Russia invades Ukraine, and a short time later the ICC issues an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes. On October 7, 2023, Hamas carries out a cruel massacre of Israeli civilians. Israel responds with the largest offensive on Gaza ever. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan travels to the Middle East and announces to prosecute any kind of war crimes, on both sides. Directors Marcus Vetter and Michele Gentile follow Luis Moreno Ocampo around the world as he enlists the support of Oscar winner and UN Ambassador Angelina Jolie and joins forces with Ferencz and Khan to fight wars in Congo, Libya, Palestine and Ukraine. In the course of the film, a complex legal process is given a face and the viewer understands why wars of aggression, the mother of all crimes, can hardly be brought to justice when the biggest world powers - China, Russia, India and the United States - are still unwilling to recognize the ICC as a global court?
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