INTD 200 Lecture Notes - United Nations Convention Against Torture, Nuremberg Trials, Geneva Conventions
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Following adoption uni decl (1948), started to be great expansion of more specific hr instruments. Great success at un in devel hr treaties + having them accepted. H: another thing on how they are implemented/adhered to. No, there were gaps, things forgotten/left out. When start to apply principles in bill of rights, disagreement in applications. Led to discussion + need for devel of individ, specific conventions on certain subjects. Genocide def: not just massive killing of grp ppl that belong same race/relig/culture. Killing / causing serious bodily/mental harm / delib inflicting condits of life calc to bring phys destruc in whole/part / imposing measures to prevent births / forcibly transferring children to another grp. Despite fact that ppl said genocide will happen again, 1993: genocide in rwanda (800 000 dead) Bringing to trial ppl who responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes. Devel nuremburg charter that laid out diff crimes they believed crimes under internat law.