strategy
Investigating war crimes
Synonyms:
Documenting war crimesResearching crimes committed during war
Exposing war crimes
Organizing international war crimes tribunal
Implementation:
The International Tribunal for Rwanda is the first international tribunal to deal specifically with the crime of genocide. Its judgement in the trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu and the sentencing of a former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Jean Kambanda, who had pleaded guilty, mark the first time ever that such decisions have been rendered for the crime of genocide by any international court. Without this Tribunal and the international cooperation it has been able to command, these and other individuals still awaiting trial – who all fled Rwanda would almost certainly have escaped justice.
Claim:
For war crimes, national trials are preferred, although international tribunals may be preferable under certain circumstances and depending on the gravity of crime. Authors give case studies, including the evolution of women's rights in Pakistan.
Constrained by:
Suppressing war crimes Facilitates:
Prosecuting war crimes Problems:
Civil crimes committed during warTerrorist havens
Undocumented violations of human rights
War crimes
Organizations:
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Women's International War Crimes Tribunal Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity European convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitation to crimes against humanity and war crimes Subjects:
Information → DocumentationSocietal Problems → Crime
Research, Standards → Research
Research, Standards → Investigations
Defence → War
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
