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Criminalizing Force: Resolving The Threshold Question For The Crime Of Aggression In The Context Of Modern Conflict, Keith A. Petty
Criminalizing Force: Resolving The Threshold Question For The Crime Of Aggression In The Context Of Modern Conflict, Keith A. Petty
Keith A. Petty
The crime of aggression will soon become reality when the International Criminal Court adopts an operational definition to the Rome Statute in 2010. Criminalizing force in this manner will add to the body of law regulating the initiation of armed force – jus ad bellum. Regime elites and policy makers must ask which applications of force will fall within the jurisdictional parameters of this new offense. Will it apply to humanitarian intervention? Will the Prosecutor initiate an investigation into actions taken to combat terrorism? These issues are resolved by answering the threshold question for the crime of aggression.
The draft …