Law of War Handbook 2005

(Jacob Rumans) #1

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    (15 volumes).

  2. United Nations War Crimes Commission, HISTORY OF THE UNITEDNATIONSWAR CRIMES
    COMMISSION(1948).

  3. Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. S.C.Res. 827, U.N.
    SCOR, 48th Sess., 3217th mtg., U.N.Doc. S/RES/808 (1993); further amended in U.N. Security
    Council Resolutions 1166 (13 May 1998), 1329 (30 Nov 2000) and 141 1 (17 May 2002).

  4. Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to Para. 2 of Security Council Resolution 808 (1993),
    U.N. Doc. St25704 (1993), reprinted in 32 I.L.M. 1159 (1993) [hereinafter Rept.of Secretary-
    General].

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  6. S.C. Res, 955, U.N. SCOR, U.N. DOC. S/RES/955(1994), reprinted in 33 I.L.M. 1598, Nov.8,
    1994 [hereinafter Rwanda Statute].

  7. 18 U.S.C. 5 2441, P.L. 104-192 (War Crimes Act of 1996, as amended).

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  17. Henry T. King, Jr., The Meaning ofNuremberg, 30 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 143 (1998).


I. OBJECTIVES:


A. The history of the law of war as it pertains to war crimes and war crimes
prosecutions, focusing on the enforcement mechanisms.

B. The definition of war crimes.

C. The doctrine of command responsibility.

D. Under what jurisdiction and in what forums war crimes may be prosecuted.
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