Law

The importance of the (inter)national rule of law for peace, fairness, and economic growth is generally acknowledged inside and outside the United Nations. However, there is mounting scepticism regarding the success of rule of law promotion by the UN and other international organizations and donors at the national and international levels during the past two decades.

Event Title: Transitional Justice and Displacement Location: The Brookings Institution Date: July 26, 2012 Host Organization:  The Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and the International Center for Transitional Justice Panelists: Megan Bradley, Fellow at The Brookings Institution

The former Minister of Justice from Gambia was sworn in as the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on June 14, 2012. Ms. Bensouda was a panelist at the World Justice Forum III in Barcelona, where she spoke on reconciling the rule of law with traditional systems of justice. On 8 September 2004, Mrs. Fatou Bensouda was elected Deputy Prosecutorby the Assembly of States Parties. She is in charge of the Prosecution Division of the Officeof the Prosecutor.