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Originally Posted by rocky27  hi friends could anyone please help me to complete my assignment on
what is crime against humanity and law?is it dealt under the international criminal court?how is UN security council responsible?
its very urgent please help me out................. |
In international law, a crime against humanity is an act of persecution or any large scale atrocities against a "people," and it is the highest level of criminal offense.
For example, rape and murder would not amount to a crime against humanity unless these acts are directed to a specific group of people (ethnicity or religion) and on a large scale (think cities, towns, etc.). Thus, a soldier who, acting alone and not under orders, murders a person would likely not face this charge.
Examples of Crimes Against Humanity include the Armenian Genocide, the Comfort Women, and Ethnic Cleansing.
Until the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the U.N. was the primary international body that addressed crimes against humanity. It did this with the creation and establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal of the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda, for example.
Today, the ICC also hear such crimes when they are referred to the court by the U.N. Note that the ICC cannot prosecute cases that occur outside of ICC-member nations.
Hope this helps.
* 4 months ago
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International law attorney; worked on writing statute for the International Criminal Court; ICC statute; U.N. Statute
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October 31st, 2007
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