POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Peremptory Norm, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court, Ante Gotovina
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During this course, we have looked at the development of international law in certain key areas, such as genocide, the law of armed conflict (ihl) and crimes against humanity. Move away from state as main actor vis-a-vis these serious issues and focus on holding individuals to account for conduct that rises to the level of jus cogens in international law. While there has been progress in developing the legal norms, the institutions to hold individuals accountable have developed less quickly, and the development has been uneven and a number of tensions exist with respect to the icc. We will look at how international criminal tribunals have evolved over the. As part of the paris peace process, the allies did consider holding individual german officers and officials to account (commission on the. Responsibility of the authors of the war and on enforcement of penalties) The commission recommended that a tribunal be established to prosecute war crimes.
