2009

Testimony

November 18, 2009 - "Rule of Law: One of the United States’ Greatest Exports" Statement of Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

The Attorney General talks about the importance to national security of overseas rule of law development and ICITAP’s role.

Speech

October 12, 2009 - Remarks by Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden at the 78th Interpol General Assembly

DAG Ogden explains how building partnerships with our international law enforcement colleagues to combat transnational crime and corruption is an important part of the Justice Department's international organized crime strategy.

Speech

October 7, 2009 - "The Global Case for Justice: Protecting Human Rights and Promoting the Rule of Law," Prepared Remarks of Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer for Address at Columbia Law School.

AAG Breuer speaks about the responsibility of the Justice Department to help foreign partners build effective and sustainable rule of law institutions.

Testimony

October 6, 2009 - Statement of Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law.

AAG Breuer discusses ICITAP's assistance to countries in the Balkans in the areas of human rights and international humanitarian law enforcement.

2008

Testimony

July 09, 2008 - "Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,"Statement of the Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey before of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

AG Mukasey recognizes ICITAP's highly successful law enforcement capacity-building programs as “some of the most important work” the Justice Department does.

Press Release

April 30, 2008 – Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher to Leave Department of Justice

WASHINGTON – Today the Department of Justice announced that Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher will end her current service to the Department on May 23, 2008.

Press Release

April 23, 2008 – Department of Justice Launches New Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat Increasing Threat of International Organized Crime

WASHINGTON – Today Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to U.S. security and stability.

Speech

April 23, 2008 - Remarks Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey on International Organized Crime at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced the Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime, a new strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to U.S. security and stability.

Press Release

February 13, 2008 – Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Efforts in Iraq

Since 2003, the Department of Justice has worked in close partnership with the Government of Iraq (GoI), Multi National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) and the Department of State supporting efforts to help the people of Iraq achieve a free and democratic state.

2007

Testimony

October 16, 2007 - Statement of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce C. Swartz before the House Committee on Armed Services Concerning Department of Justice Personnel Deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq

DAAG Swartz describes ICITAP’s leading role in launching the police training mission, rebuilding the national corrections system, and training anticorruption investigators in Iraq.

Testimony

April 25, 2007 - “Major areas in which contracts have been utilized to support the training, equipping and sustainment of the Iraqi Security Forces,” Statement of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce C. Swartz before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Armed Services.

DAAG Swartz describes how ICITAP develops, manages, and guides its overseas programs and ensures the recruitment, selection, and deployment of the highest caliber federal and contractual trainers and advisers.

Testimony

February 5, 2007 - “Genocide and the Rule of Law” - Statement of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Sigal P. Mandelker before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Human Rights and the Law.

DAAG Mandelker discusses ICITAP’s technical assistance and training that helped criminal justice professionals in Serbia and Croatia investigate and prosecute war crimes.

2003

Press Release

May 20, 2003 – Department of Justice Sends 25 Advisors to Iraq in Support of Provisional Authority Effort to Reconstruct Criminal System

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft announced today that the Department of Justice, through the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), has sent 25 career, criminal justice practitioners as advisors to Iraq to assist in the reconstruction of the judicial, prosecutorial and law enforcement sectors in the country.