Plesch, Dan and Sattler, Shanti (2014) 'A New Paradigm of Customary International Criminal Law: The UN War Crimes Commission of 1943–1948 and its Associated Courts and Tribunals.' Criminal Law Forum, 25 (1-2). pp. 17-43.
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This article focuses on the United Nations War Crimes Commission’s significant contribution to the development of customary international criminal law defined by the development of international legal standards and proceedings to combat impunity and promote justice. It draws on the Commission’s official history and its increasingly open archives in order to provide an overview of the UNWCC and its work, its members and its legacy for the contemporary era of international criminal law. The article firstly places the Commission in its historical context through the events and agreements that led to its creation and provided the legal character of the UNWCC. The defining characteristics of the Commission are afterwards described: the nations involved, the committee structure it formed and the sub-commission located in the Far East. Lastly, the accomplishments of the Commission are emphasised and criticisms of its work are presented. The article concludes with a discussion on the legacy of the Commission’s work and a possible future research agenda.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | war crimes, crimes against humanity, Nuremberg, International criminal court, World War Two, Holocaust, transitional justice, human rights |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Interdisciplinary Studies > Centre for International Studies & Diplomacy |
| ISSN: | 15729850 |
| Copyright Statement: | © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014. This is the accepted manuscript of an article published by Springer Netherlands in Criminal Law Forum, available online: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-014-9223-2 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-014-9223-2 |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2015 08:36 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/19687 |
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