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1 - Creation of the Court

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2020

William A. Schabas
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Middlesex University, London
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International criminal justice began with efforts to prosecute Germans, including the former Emperor Wilhelm II, following the First World War. The first international trials took place at Nuremberg and Tokyo in the aftermath of the Second World War. In the early 1990s, the United Nations International law Commission submitted a draft statute for an international criminal court to the General Assembly. Subsequent work under the aegis of the Assembly culminated in the 1998 Rome Conference and adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It entered into force in 2002. Meanwhile, several temporary international criminal tribunals were set up for situations in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone.

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  • Creation of the Court
  • William A. Schabas, Middlesex University, London
  • Book: An Introduction to the International Criminal Court
  • Online publication: 09 June 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108616157.002
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  • Creation of the Court
  • William A. Schabas, Middlesex University, London
  • Book: An Introduction to the International Criminal Court
  • Online publication: 09 June 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108616157.002
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  • Creation of the Court
  • William A. Schabas, Middlesex University, London
  • Book: An Introduction to the International Criminal Court
  • Online publication: 09 June 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108616157.002
Available formats
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