Defining "crimes against humanity" at the Rome Conference

Article Abstract:

Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted by the Rome Conference on July 17, 1998, offered a new definition of crimes against humanity. This definition differs from earlier ones by not requiring that such crimes occur during armed conflict, by not requiring a discriminatory motive, by including wide-spread and systematic attack as a criterion, and by including a mens rea element. Acts within the definition include enslavement, extermination, and deportation.

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International humanitarian law - 1949 Geneva Conventions - international criminal law - conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina - distinction between international and noninternational armed conflicts - concept of protected persons - participation in international crimes - crimes against humanity - motives - discriminatory intent

Article Abstract:

The authors discuss the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's decision in Prosecutor v. Tadic and questions regarding criminal intent in crimes against humanity and legal distinctions between international and internal conflicts.

Yugoslavia, Human rights, Criminal intent

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UN peacekeeping operations: applicability of international humanitarian law and responsibility for operations-related damage

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The author examines international humanitarian law applicability to UN peacekeeping forces and the UN's legal responsibility for damage caused by such forces.

Military aspects, United Nations, Peacekeeping forces

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