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dc.creatordeGuzman, Margaret M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-10T17:15:06Z
dc.date.available2021-09-10T17:15:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationMargaret M. deGuzman, Defining Crimes Against Humanity: Practicality and Value Balancing, 6 AFR. J. INT. CRIM. JUSTICE 204 (2020).
dc.identifier.issn2589-4315
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/6923
dc.description.abstractSince crimes against humanity were first defined in the Charters of the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and for the Far East, various international, hybrid and national institutions have adopted definitions that differ in important respects. The International Law Commission’s draft articles are the latest definition, using language that is almost identical to the definition in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. This article explains that decision, as well as the few divergences between the draft articles and the Statute. Defining crimes against humanity involves balancing the value of respecting state sovereignty against that of protecting human rights, and the values of consistency and clarity against those of breadth and flexibility. It argues that in adopting the draft articles, states will affirm the balance among these values that was struck in Rome, but that both definitions contain sufficient flexibility to permit new balances to be found as global values evolve.
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFaculty/ Researcher Works
dc.relation.haspartAfrican Journal of International Criminal Justice, Iss. 2 (2020)
dc.relation.isreferencedbyEleven International Publishing
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectCrimes against humanity
dc.subjectRome statute
dc.subjectDraft articles
dc.subjectState sovereignty
dc.titleDefining Crimes Against Humanity: Practicality and Value Balancing
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dc.type.genreJournal article
dc.relation.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6905
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dc.description.schoolcollegeTemple University. James E. Beasley School of Law
dc.temple.creatordeGuzman, Margaret M.
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-10T17:15:06Z


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