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Article Open Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.08.002

Individual Liability for International Crime

Simon Parsons

Bath Business School, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK.

*Corresponding author: Simon Parsons

Published: September 1,2023

Abstract

This article explores the lack of individual liability for international crime before 1945 and notes that the Nuremberg war crime trial of the leading Nazis officials laid the groundwork for personal international criminal liability for a criminal war and for the international criminal justice process in which those responsible for such a war are held responsible. Since 1945, there has been the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda which prosecuted persons for serious violations of international criminal law committed in Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia which dealt with international crimes that took place in the Balkans and the International Criminal Court which investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with international crimes. All these courts have their origins in Nuremberg trial. It is hoped that  one day, this international criminal law will be applied against the major war criminal Russian president Vladimir Putin and his subordinates.

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How to cite this paper

Individual Liability for International Crime

How to cite this paper: Simon Parsons. (2023) Individual Liability for International CrimeJournal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science7(8), 1494-1500.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.08.002