HIST 3001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Raphael Lemkin, New York Post, International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia
Document Summary
Genocide and the ictr (international criminal tribunal for rwanda) Nullum crimen sine lege: no crime if there is not a law. There was an existing body in international war by wwii. Icty: violations of laws and customs of war (3), crimes against humanity (article 5), grave breaches of geneva (2), genocide (article 4) Ictr: article 2: genocide, article 3: crimes against humanity, article 4: violations of the laws and customs of war (war crimes) Genocide: icty and ictr rst to have this charge available: concept didn"t exist before wwii, raphael lemkin: polish-jewish immigrant to the us, coined the term genocide. Crime of barbarity: whoever by hatred toward a racial, religious or social collectivity, or in view of exterminating such, undertakes an action to exterminate or harm people of this collectivity. Vandalism: exterminate the culture of said group. The word genocide was created in the 1940s.
