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Papers from a conference on Russia's position vis-à-vis the International Criminal Court, held in Moscow June 9-10, 1998. Among the papers presented were: Grigoriants, Sergei, chairman of the board of the "Glasnost" social foundation. "The International Criminal Court, established by the United Nations, one of the paths to saving mankind." He also presented a paper entitled "Experience of the International Tribunal in the case of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Chechen Republic." Lochman, Diderick, director of the Moscow office of Human Rights Watch. "On the goals and objectives of the conference and on the role of NGOs in the establishment of the International Criminal Court." Blishchenko, Igor, rector of the Institute of International Law. "The history of the establishment of the International Criminal Court and the drafting of its charter." Gevorgian, Kirill, deputy director of the Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. "The official position of Russia in connection with the establishment of the International Criminal Court." Mikhail Paleev, counselor to the Main State Legal Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. "Draft of the Charter of the International Criminal Court and the work of the preparatory committee." Chernichenko, Stanislav, director of the Center of International Law and Humanitarian Issues at the Academy of Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. "The concept of jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court: some problems and gaps." Fedorov, Lev, president of the Union for Chemical Security. "War crimes - the chemical aspect." Palme, Klauss, a Swiss jurist. "Some comments on the Charter of the International Criminal Court." The second part of the monograph includes the text of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.