LAWS 2601 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia, Mens Rea, United Nations Security Council Resolution 955
7 Dec 2017
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(week 7)- chapter 8: individual criminal responsibility in international law. The placing of obligations directly upon a persons as opposed to states has a distinct, if narrow, pedigree. (285) Those committing piracy or slave trading have long been regarded as guilty of crimes against international society bearing direct responsibility, for which they may be punished by international tribunals or by any state at all. (285) Jurisdiction to hear the offence is not confined to, for example, the state on whose territory the act took place, or the national state of the offender or the victim. (285) All states may both arrest and punish pirates, provided of course that they have been apprehended on the high seas or within the territory of the state concerned. (285) The charter annexed to the agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major. War criminals, 1945 provided specifically for individual responsibility for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. (287)
