Essays about: "the ICTY"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words the ICTY.
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1. Collective Genocidal Intent in Sri Lanka
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : The end of the Sri Lankan war was marked by a devastating loss of life, with hundreds of thousands of casualties. Amidst this tragedy, victims have claimed that the crimes committed against them constitute genocide, specifically targeting the Eelam Tamils solely because of their ethnic identity. READ MORE
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2. The Legality of Expanding Bullets in Non-International Armed Conflicts Under International Humanitarian Law : A Reassessment in Light of Law Enforcement Operations and Present-Day Conditions
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : In the performance of law enforcement tasks, military forces frequently use expanding bullets. Such bullets are prohibited in international armed conflicts (IAC:s) by treaty, but in non-international armed conflicts (NIAC:s), the matter is regulated by the principle prohibiting means and methods of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering (SIrUS), and possibly by an independent rule of customary international humanitarian law. READ MORE
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3. State Responsibility for Complicity in Genocide: The Requirement of Mens Rea
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Denna uppsats syftar till att analysera statsansvar för folkmord, och gör detta mer specifikt genom att undersöka frågan om ansvar för medhjälp till folkmord samt mens rea elementet i folkmordsdefinitionen. År 2007 meddelade ICJ sin dom i the Genocide case, där en av de centrala frågorna för domstolen var ifall en stat kunde hållas ansvarig för folkmord under Folkmordskonventionen. READ MORE
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4. DETERRING THE UNDETERRED: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS AND THE DETERRENT IMPACT ON CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : CRSV is a tragic consequence of war. Armed actors abuse civilians to varied degrees in different strategic settings breaching international humanitarian laws. Towards this end, international legal interventions are a widely accepted response. READ MORE
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5. Fiat iustitia, pereat mundus : The International Criminal Tribunals and the Application of the Concept of Genocide
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : The concept of genocide is probably the most debated subject in Holocaust and genocide studies. The political implications to its usage, or resistance to do so, have also been lengthily discussed. READ MORE