IJCentral: International Justice Central

Welcome to IJCentral - we’ve been working for months developing this platform for a global conversation about international justice.  During the 3 years we spent on 4 continents filming The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court, we realized that there are thousands of people who have a lot to say about mass atrocities and impunity and the role that justice should play in moving a society from the horrors of violent conflict to peace and stability, and there are as many opinions as there are voices.  Most of these voices are never heard outside their local milieu - we have a included some of them in The Reckoning, but at IJCentral we hope that the conversation will expand and be ongoing and that through this process we will all contribute to an effective international justice system.  Through the grassroots movement we aim to build through IJCentral, working in tandem with a range of strategic partners reachable through this site, we will let our leaders know that we want international justice to work, that it’s time to get serious about ending genocide, and it’s time to exercise the political will to support the mandate given to the International Criminal Court in its founding treaty, the Rome Statute.

You can reach us through Twitter text messages or posts from their site if you ‘follow’ IJCentral and put ijcentral in your message.  You can also comment on the IJCentral blog, and send us emails at ijcentral@ijcentral.org.  In the coming weeks and months we will be rolling out FrontlineSMS “listening” posts in various countries with our local NGO (non-governmental organizations) partners, starting with Uganda, so that people from those areas can become part of the IJCentral community and voice their concerns and opinions through SMS text messages, and the community will be able to respond to them.  If you’re on Facebook, join our Facrbook group “The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court” where we will be posting updates about The Reckoning, including screenings around the world.

We welcome all constructive thoughts and opinions on the rollout of IJCentral - this is the beta version, and there is much work to be done.