Canada has a better claim to “authoring” the International Criminal Court than any other state. I’ll offer some support for that bold (un-Canadian?) assertion below. But it’s safe to say that the Canadian delegation at the Review Conference has a cachet that few other delegations enjoy. So, one might wonder, what will Canada try to achieve in Kampala? And how will it go about doing that? Over the next two weeks I’m going to keep an eye on the public statements by the Canadian delegation, to see if I can shed some light on those questions.

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