Philosophy 2810F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Expressivism, Liberal Democracy, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court
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African states intervened in 1991 to stop the violence, between then (cid:1) (cid:1) Liberia two civil wars: charles taylor (dictator) wanted to overthrow (cid:1) samuel doe government, lots of people died and lots of people displaced. 20,000 child soldiers 60-70% of women experienced sexual violence (cid:1) (cid:1) and 1996 there are 14 peace agreements negotiated but the country remained unstable, 1999 hostilities grew when gov faced armed opposition from rebel groups. United nations was called upon for peacekeeping aid in liberia to (cid:1) support transitional government and the implementation of the peace agreement (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) member was elected president previously (cid:1) Retributive justice: legal prosecutions, justification for punishment, (cid:1) Nuremburg trials, punishment, international criminal tribunal for the former. Ad hoc tribunals to deal with particular individuals for crimes during a conflict (cid:1) state sovereignty (cid:1) reconciliation, educative effect, removal of perpetrators and possible spoilers (cid:1) Crime of aggression, threatening peace, initiation of a war, war crimes (cid:1)