POLSCI 4D06 Study Guide - Final Guide: International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia, International Criminal Court, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court
17 Jun 2015
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Case studies: nuremberg trials: precedents and legacy, the crimes and/or. Punishment of augusto pinochet (tried and prosecuted by a domestic european court) United nations: established after wwii to prevent another such conflict from happening again. International law: 1998, the world"s governments gathered in rome to draft a treaty for an international criminal court with the potential to have universal jurisdiction over genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Statute include: china, iraq, israel, libya, qatar, yemen. International criminal court: it can initiate proceedings when only domestic courts fail to prosecute or when domestic proceedings are not credible by those that have ratified the rome statute. Ad hoc international tribunals(others include sierra leone, cambodia, indonesia) Nuremberg tribunal: allies of wwii established int"l tribunals to prosecute high-level political officials that committed war crimes and wartime atrocities. Nov1945-oct1946, 19 individuals were found guilty and sentenced to punishments ranging by death by hanging to 15 years imprisonment.
