The Effectiveness of the Exercise of Jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court: The Issues of Complementarity
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 89 pages, pdf Description: The prevalence of collective violence and the agony of mass atrocity may prove to be the twentieth century’s most distressing and enduring legacies. From Germany to Uganda, from Cambodia to Sierra Leone, from the Former Yugoslavia to Rwanda, the past hundred years are replete with examples of terrifying violations of human rights and humanitarian law committed against diverse groups of people. Limited attempts to unveil the truth about past horrors, to hold individuals responsible, and to deter future offenses have repeatedly proven inadequate.