International Criminal Court-the Scope for Intervention.
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International Criminal Court-the Scope for Intervention. By Kirill Kruchinin Allegations of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity have undoubtedly received unprecedented press coverage in recent years - more than at any time since Nuremberg. This is not because the incidences of such barbarities have increased - ARE YOU SURE? - , but simply because those crimes are brought to us more rapidly these days BY THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA. Since the early 1990's the international community has witnessed of a variety of criminal tribunals that were meant to promote peace-making and political transition in situations of gross violations of human rights and armed conflict among ethnical or religious groups. This tendency led to the establishment BY THE UN of two ad hoc Tribunals-for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda-and OF the International Criminal Court (ICC). There was also a proliferation of 'mixed' judicial bodies-in Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Kosovo and East Timor-composed...


