POL SCI 5 Study Guide - Nuremberg Trials, Dignity, Humanitarian Intervention
Document Summary
Conflicts between rights: nuremberg revisited a political puzzle. Cannot punish an act that was once permitted not a crime at the time. Political terrain is very murky: contemporary use. Brought into being, and continues to work without support of united. Genocide- not only about overt genocide but strategic deployment, targets a particular group. Crimes against humanity targets humanity as such, in the name of security. Aggression- waging a war for anything other than defense: jurisdiction. Complementary only is invoked when the national court cannot or will not act. To block prosecution is an incredibly high bar. 2) us discourse/rhetoric of war- roosevelt: war fought for freedom of speech, from want, from fear, from religion ; war had been fought not for territorial dispute but for principles. 3) interest in the developing world: already had movements for decolonization in. Southeast asia/ north africa that influenced the discussion in the process.
