HIST 3001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Motu Proprio, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court
Document Summary
War crimes charges the de nition has been around forever. Crimes against humanity de nition was not solidi ed in and international convention: rome 1998 is the closest we have to this. Wwii: people were very aware that germany was persecuting its own people before the holocaust: kristallnacht: nov. 1938. What happens within the boundaries of one country are nobody"s problem but that country alone. War crimes protects civilians of occupied territories under control or captured by the enemy power, or if they are civilians of a neutral state. December 1948: rst suggestion of the icc. Ilc: international law commissioner: created by the un. December 1946: un passed resolution that established a committee on the progressive development of international law and its codi cation. Icj: separate institution at the hague in the netherlands (before wwii had a different name) Three ways to look at a country: referral from a country.
