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Implementing International Humanitarian Law - From The Ad Hoc Tribunals to a Permanent International Criminal Court (Paperback)
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Implementing International Humanitarian Law - From The Ad Hoc Tribunals to a Permanent International Criminal Court (Paperback)
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Throughout the twentieth century, the international community has
witnessed many human rights violations that have also constituted
violations of international humanitarian law. Two of the worst
violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law
occurred in the territories of the former Yugoslavia and in Rwanda
in the last decade of the twentieth century. The large scale of
killings, rape and other forms of sexual violence, 'ethnic
cleansing', genocide and other types of crimes committed in these
two regions of the world impelled the international community to
bring those responsible for such crimes to justice. Thus, the UN
Security Council established the International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), acting under Chapter VII of the UN
Charter in 1993 and in 1994 respectively. The establishment of the
ICTY and the ICTR was innovative in character since it was
established by the Security Council on behalf of the entire
international community. This development also paved the way for
the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in
1998. Implementing International Humanitarian La
General
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