Open AccessInternational criminal courts: Between law, justice, reconciliation and rights of victims
Author(s) -
Dragan Jovašević
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
međunarodni problemi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0690
pISSN - 0025-8555
DOI - 10.2298/medjp1104536j
Subject(s) - sanctions , law , criminal law , political science , punishment (psychology) , crimes against humanity , international law , international community , proportionality (law) , theory of criminal justice , criminal justice , criminology , sociology , war crime , psychology , social psychology , politics
Since the ancient times till the present the international community has provided various forms of co-operation for the purpose of criminal prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of the most serious criminal acts that in the most severe and violent ways violate the rules of international law breaching or jeopardising the humanity and other property, which are protected by the international system of legal rules. Among them the most important form consists of the establishment and acting of international criminal courts that in the interest of justice and in the name of the civilized part of the mankind or enlightened peoples presses criminal charges and pronounces sentences and other criminal sanctions against perpetrators of international criminal acts. There are several kinds of international judicial bodies with different law features and duration. The paper deals with their characteristics, roles and organization both from the theoretical and practical aspects