BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsComparative Politics / Inte rnational Relationspresent Kelebogile\nZvobgo: Do Americans Support War Cr imes Prosecutions? \n\nDo Americans support war crimes prosecutions? Histo rically\, the\nUnited States has touted itself as a torchbearer of interna tional criminal\njustice\, leading the establishment of multiple internati onal tribunals\, from\nGermany and Japan to the Balkans and Rwanda. The Un ited States even\nparticipated in the drafting of the governing treaty of the International\nCriminal Court (ICC). Yet the nation has never itself b een the subject of an\ninternational criminal tribunal – until now. In 202 0\, the ICC's chief\nprosecutor opened a formal investigation into alleged U.S. atrocity crimes\nrelating to the war in Afghanistan. Prior research shows that Americans support\nthe ICC and U.S. membership. However\, this work precedes the Afghanistan\ninvestigation\, leaving open two important questions: (1) is the public's\nsupport conditional on the ICC not investi gating and prosecuting U.S. personnel\nand (2) what discursive frames supp ort or undermine the ICC's efforts? Building\non the literature on U.S. fo reign policy public opinion\, we theorize that human\nrights frames increa se and national interest frames decrease support for the\nICC's work in Af ghanistan. We administer an online survey experiment to test\nthese expect ations. We also explore Americans' preferred venue for war crimes\nprosecu tions: the ICC\, U.S. domestic courts\, or foreign domestic courts. Kelebo gile\nZvobgo is an Assistant Professor of Government at William &\; Mar y and\nFounder and Director of the International Justice Lab. Dr. Zvobgo’s research\nengages questions in human rights\, transitional justice\, and international law\nand courts\, and has been published in a number of peer -reviewed journals\,\nincluding International Studies Quarterly and the Jo urnal of Human\nRights. It has also been featured in a variety of U.S. med ia\, including\nnewspapers\, magazines\, podcasts\, and television. She ho lds a Ph.D. in Political\nScience and International Relations from the Uni versity of Southern California.For more information\, contact Dan McDowell \, dmcdowel@syr.edu. For accessibility accommodations\, please contact jmh oran@syr.edu.\n\n DTEND:20211105T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T001042Z DTSTART:20211105T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Kelebogile Zvobgo: Do Americans Support War Crimes Prosecutions? UID:RFCALITEM639141270428470744 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Comparative Politics / International Relations


present


Kelebogile\nZvobgo: Do Americans Support War Crimes Prosec utions?


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Do Americans support war crimes prose cutions? Historically\, the\nUnited States has touted itself as a torchbea rer of international criminal\njustice\, leading the establishment of mult iple international tribunals\, from\nGermany and Japan to the Balkans and Rwanda. The United States even\nparticipated in the drafting of the govern ing treaty of the International\nCriminal Court (ICC). Yet the nation has never itself been the subject of an\ninternational criminal tribunal – unt il now. In 2020\, the ICC's chief\nprosecutor opened a formal investigatio n into alleged U.S. atrocity crimes\nrelating to the war in Afghanistan. P rior research shows that Americans support\nthe ICC and U.S. membership. H owever\, this work precedes the Afghanistan\ninvestigation\, leaving open two important questions: (1) is the public's\nsupport conditional on the I CC not investigating and prosecuting U.S. personnel\nand (2) what discursi ve frames support or undermine the ICC's efforts? Building\non the literat ure on U.S. foreign policy public opinion\, we theorize that human\nrights frames increase and national interest frames decrease support for the\nIC C's work in Afghanistan. We administer an online survey experiment to test \nthese expectations. We also explore Americans' preferred venue for war c rimes\nprosecutions: the ICC\, U.S. domestic courts\, or foreign domestic courts.


Kelebogile\nZvobgo is an Assistant Professor of Government at William &\; Mary and\nFounder and Director of the Interna tional Justice Lab. Dr. Zvobgo’s research\nengages questions in human righ ts\, transitional justice\, and international law\nand courts\, and has be en published in a number of peer-reviewed journals\,\nincluding Interna tional Studies Quarterly and the Journal of Human\nRights. It h as also been featured in a variety of U.S. media\, including\nnewspapers\, magazines\, podcasts\, and television. She holds a Ph.D. in Political\nSc ience and International Relations from the University of Southern Californ ia.


For more information\, contact Dan McDowell\, dmcdowel@syr.edu. For accessibility accommo dations\, please contact jmhoran@syr.edu.

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