GVPT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Fatou Bensouda, International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court
7 Dec 2015
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War crimes (and human rights generally: laws of war stem from many sources, hague conventions (1899-1907, geneva conventions (1929, 1949 , un charter and un general assembly, un-sponsored agreements (noted previously) Nuremberg and tokyo trials ( germany, japan after commited war crimes: International criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia: based in the hague, netherlands, established by security council in 1993, began indictments in 195, trials slated to end last year. 112 trials (79 convictions; 18 acquittals; 15 ongoing) 49 other (36 terminated/withdrawn; 13 transfers: criticism that trials are long, costly , and biased, notable trails of milosevic (died), karazdic (ongoing), and. International criminal court (icc: permanent body to prosecute war crimes by individuals, emerges out of un general assembly committee (1994- (not states) 1998: rome statute establishing icc is finalsized (w/ igo and, entered into force in april 2002. 123 countries have ratified and are members.
