... given International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) , Judgment and Sentences, (19 47) 41 American Journal of International Law 172 at 221 The drafting of the Rome Statute 1 17 The first is the post -Nuremberg ... 1989) The drafting of the Rome Statute 121 On the whole, these developments took us further away from, not closer to, an international criminal court Indeed, it is not too much to say that the ... Geneva Conventions of 1949 But these made only limited progress The two 1 977 Protocols to the Geneva Conventions developed the range of prohibitions in the field of international and to a lesser extent...