International criminal juridiction: introduction
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posted by zaina19 on June, 2005 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/25/2005 6:17 PM 20-06-2005 International criminal juridiction: introduction International law was traditionally defined as the law applicable to states in their mutual relations. International tribunals have long existed for the settlement of disputes between states. The individual as a focus of international law, and as a subject of international criminal process is a more recent phenomenon. Prior to Nuremberg, individual responsibility for international crimes such as piracy was exclusively determined by national institutions exercising sovereign authority. What made piracy an "international crime" was the fact that any state that gained custody of the perpetrator could try him, regardless of his or the victims' nationality, or of the place of the crime. This concept, now known as universal jurisdiction, has been more recently applied to genocide, certain war crimes and crimes against humanity. Nuremberg was an ad hoc criminal tribunal established by World War II's victorious allies. Since ... >> full...
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24-06-2005 by Alain Aeschlimann, Head of the Protection Division at the ICRC
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/25/2005 6:31 PM 24-06-2005 by Alain Aeschlimann, Head of the Protection Division at the ICRC Torture: the need to move forward The 1984 UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment entered into force on 26 June 1987. But even though torture is strictly prohibited, it remains common in many countries. International day in support of victims of torture # Audio interview What is the definition of torture and ill treatment? # What is the ICRC's position on torture? # Read more type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT> <LINK href="/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/js/60-General-JscriptBody" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> International day in support of victims of torture # Audio interview What is the definition of torture and ill treatment? # What is the ICRC's position on torture? # Read more Events in recent years have reignited public discussion on torture, its definition and whether its use is ever justified. Once again, it is has become necessary to argue why torture must remain prohibited.It ... >> full...
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Chechen Villagers Refuse to Go Home
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/27/2005 7:11 AM Chechen Villagers Refuse to Go Home Monday, June 27, 2005 By Nabi Abdullaev Staff Writer Sergei Rasulov / AP Villagers who fled Borozdinovskaya lining up Saturday to receive sugar as food aid at a tent camp in Dagestan. Residents of Borozdinovskaya, a village in eastern Chechnya raided by masked gunmen earlier this month, have refused to take up offers to return home, despite promises of a thorough investigation and material compensation by senior federal and Chechen officials. More than 1,000 ethnic Dagestanis fled the village after they found charred human remains in a house burned out during the June 4 raid. One man died and 11 men were abducted in the raid. The men have not been seen since. Chechen President Alu Alkhanov, on a visit to Borozdinovskaya on Sunday, promised to ensure the residents' safety if they returned. A day earlier, Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov, who is ... >> full...
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Refugee camps fail to meet standards
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/1/2005 10:58 AM 21/6/2005 Refugee camps fail to meet standards A special commission set up as ordered by Chechnya's leader to check temporary accommodation points (TAP) for forced migrants in Chechnya has come to a conclusion that living conditions in such points fail to meet any standards. The commission inspected a number of TAPs in Grozny, a source with the staff for the Chechen president and government told Caucasian Knot. The living conditions there were found to be very poor. "As a matter of fact, there are not any conditions for normal living in the TAPs. People are not given food for months, the sewage system is not operated, there is no water, and power is supplied with interruptions," says the interlocutor. "The blame for what is happening is ... >> full...
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posted by zaina19 on May, 2005 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/6/2005 3:58 AM May, 03, 2005 Their life is in danger It's already five days, every morning, the employees of the most humanitarian organization with the emblem of the most solicitous hands, indifferently pass by a starving elderly woman lying on the cold floor, embracing her two little daughters, inside the Tbilisi office of the UN Department of High Commission for Refugees, and start to perform their functions of saving those who are outside the office of their organization. However, neither she nor journalists can arouse compassion of the international officials. On April 18, Zina Tazurkaeva together with her three children was turned out of flat because of unpaid rent. One cannot blame the master of the house. Two months of delinquency have passed, for two months the master of the house had been treating them with sympathy. Today many families earn their living by renting their flats and ... >> full...
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