SOSC 1341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Targeted Killing, International Criminal Court, Line Of Actual Control

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1341
• Professor: Olena Kobzar

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Why do we have laws? to punish people to have a safe community. To get to know more about the case. The trial: truth/fact finding to tell a story to determine innocence or guilt to restore" to punish. Shafia trial: tooba mohammad yahya + mohammad shafia + hamed shafia convicted of 1st degree murder. It could be by anyone, but not by the state. Normally when the state murders people, it"s an accident or for a purpose. Targeted killing is against international norms and laws. White people in europe back in the day were having a lot of wars in 1648 europen state signed the treaty of westphalia. 1648 european states signed this treaty: principle of state sovereignty political self determination. White people, tired of war- enough of war, lets decide on something that will prevent us from killing each other. Each state is independent and sovereign: principle of legal equality between states.