International Criminal Law

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Criminal_Law
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:aimsTo end impunity for serious crimes
gptkbp:appliesTo individuals
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:Rome_Statute
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:International_Humanitarian_Law
gptkb:International_Human_Rights_Law
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:International_Criminal_Court
national courts
ad hoc tribunals
gptkbp:focusesOn prosecution of international crimes
gptkbp:hasTribunal gptkb:Special_Court_for_Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Extraordinary_Chambers_in_the_Courts_of_Cambodia
gptkb:International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia
gptkb:International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label International Criminal Law
gptkbp:includes gptkb:murder
war crimes
crimes against humanity
crime of aggression
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Convention_against_Torture
gptkb:Geneva_Conventions
gptkb:Genocide_Convention
gptkb:Hague_Conventions
gptkb:Rome_Statute_of_the_International_Criminal_Court
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkb:Tokyo_Trials
gptkb:Radovan_Karadžić_trial
gptkb:Ratko_Mladić_trial
Charles Taylor trial
Jean-Pierre Bemba trial
Milosevic trial
Omar al-Bashir indictment
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo trial
gptkbp:originatedIn 20th century
gptkbp:principle complementarity
individual criminal responsibility
non-retroactivity
nullum crimen sine lege
superior orders not a defense
gptkbp:purpose prosecute perpetrators of serious international crimes
deter future crimes
promote international peace and security
provide justice for victims
gptkbp:regulates universal jurisdiction
command responsibility
individual criminal responsibility
gptkbp:relatedTo transnational criminal law
gptkbp:studiedBy legal scholars
gptkbp:taughtAt law schools worldwide
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antonio_Cassese
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6