Arlen Specter: “I visited the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague and found that this agency is moving forward with prosecutions on war…”

“I visited the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague and found that this agency is moving forward with prosecutions on war crimes against humanity, arising out of the activities in Bosnia. It is my sense that after the first conviction, which has been obtained, the tribunal is on its way to establishing a very, very important international precedent. For the past decade-plus, many of us, including Senator Dodd, Congressman Jim Leach, myself, and others, have been working to try to bring an international criminal court into existence. It is my sense that if the War Crimes Tribunal is successful, we may have the most important institutional change in international relations in this century, if we can bring the rule of law into the international arena. I think it is very important that the outstanding indictments be served.”