An international tribunal for war crimes: will the UN succeed where Nuremberg failed?

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The ad hoc UN tribunal to deal with war crimes in the former Yugoslavia derives its authority from the UN's international peacekeeping powers, based on Chapter VII of the UN Charter and Security Council Resolution 827/93. The Security Council and the tribunal lack, however, the authority to make new international law or to make judicial determinations on individual criminal liability and must rely on cooperation by the various states to achieve its goals. Such cooperation is improbable. Nevertheless, the first tribunal since Nuremberg to speak out on international standards of conduct should help global progress in preventing crimes against peace.

Prevention, Political aspects, Yugoslavia, United Nations. Security Council

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Nuremberg misremembered

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The Nuremberg War Crime Trials held in Germany from 1946-1949 have been considerably evaluated by media. These war crime trials have been touted as the foundation for the fledgling International Criminal Court. Yet this court remains quite controversial in the US because of the terms concluded at a UN conference in Rome, Italy, in July 1998. Yet scrutiny of the records and events surrounding the Nuremberg trials will indicate that they were not international and were more concerned with vindicating Allied war aims than with establishing a new standard of justice for all nations.

Analysis, Evaluation, Germany, International courts, War crime trials, Crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court (The Hague, Netherlands)

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War crimes: a question of will

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The UN's International Criminal Tribunal has failed to prosecute many high profile suspects for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and, unless changes are made in the organization, the tribunal will fail before the completion of its goals. Though some blame rests with the international community's slow response in apprehending suspects, the tribunal should become more aggressive in its prosecution attempts and send a message to the world community. A similar organization created for Rwanda has also suffered from accusations of incompetence and disorganization.

Management, International aspects, United Nations. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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