Implementing International Humanitarian Law: From The Ad Hoc Tribunals to a Permanent International Criminal Court

ISBN-13: 9780714684703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 344 str.

Yusuf Aksar

Opis

Throughout the twentieth century, the international community has witnessed many human rights violations that have also constituted violations of international humanitarian law. Two of the worst violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law occurred in the territories of the former Yugoslavia and in Rwanda in the last decade of the twentieth century. The large scale of killings, rape and other forms of sexual violence, 'ethnic cleansing', genocide and other types of crimes committed in these two regions of the world impelled the international community to bring those responsible for such crimes to justice. Thus, the UN Security Council established the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter in 1993 and in 1994 respectively. The establishment of the ICTY and the ICTR was innovative in character since it was established by the Security Council on behalf of the entire international community. This development also paved the way for the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998. Implementing International Humanitarian La

Spis treści

Part 1 Part 1 The Establishment of the Ab Hoc Tribunals (the ICTY and the ICTR) and the International Criminal Court (the ICC); Chapter 1 The Establishment of the ICTY and the ICTR; Chapter 2 The Creation of the International Criminal Court; Part 2 Part 2 The Substantive Law (Subject-Matter Jurisdiction) of the Ad Hoc Tribunals: Their Practice and Their Contribution to International Humanitarian Law and Impact on the ICC; Chapter 3 Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Law; Chapter 4 War Crimes; Chapter 5 The Crime of Genocide; Chapter 6 Crimes Against Humanity; Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks;

O autorze

YUSUF AKSAR