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What is International Criminal Law

Global Perspectives on Victimization Analysis and Prevention
Intended as the body of public international law designed to prohibit certain categories of conduct commonly viewed as serious atrocities and to make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration. The core crimes under international law are genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression.
Published in Chapter:
The Changing Global Context of Victimization: A Need for Cross-Continental Synergy
Nicoletta Policek (University of Cumbria, UK)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1112-1.ch009
Abstract
A cross-continental synergy is paramount when addressing victimization in genocide. The definition of victim of genocide is however challenging, complex, and open to controversies, especially when dealing with a large number of casualties. By proposing a reshaping of the purely legal framework which defines genocide victims, in support of a characterisation that includes all the multiple and sometimes conflicting voices of those who are direct or indirect witnesses of the “crime of all crimes,” this contribution argues for the need of a global legal framework that embeds both collective victimization in genocide as well as the uniquely different and diverse experiences of the victims.
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