For an effective international law : from the preparatory committee to the diplomatic conference for the establishment of an international criminal court : the commitment of the international community [Eli Natan]

Abstract

With more than fifty years after the end of the Second World War, with the unspeakable international crimes committed against civilian populations culminating in the holocaust and the annihilation of 6 million Jews, followed by the Judgment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, the international community is now embarking on the bold and noble project of establishing a permanent treaty-based international Criminal Court. Large-scale atrocities committed in an ever-increasing number of States demand that such jurisdiction will ensure that the perpetrators of these crimes be brought to justice and any further occurrence be adequately deterred. [excerpt]