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The U.S. Codification Of War Crimes: 18 Usca §2441, Hamed Adibnatanzi
The U.S. Codification Of War Crimes: 18 Usca §2441, Hamed Adibnatanzi
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the U.S. codification of its Geneva Convention obligations to prosecute war crimes. The War Crimes Statute is rarely used for its original enactment purpose. Instead the cases that have appeared are in response to political maneuvering in detaining foreign enemy combatants. The War Crimes Statute has been used with the Geneva Convention in order to guarantee detainees certain fundamental rights to due process and impartial hearings. Finally, the paper examines some of the Legislative responses to this judicial interpretation and the new proposed War Crimes Statute.
The International War Crimes (Tribunal) Act, 1973 Of Bangladesh, Zakia Afrin
The International War Crimes (Tribunal) Act, 1973 Of Bangladesh, Zakia Afrin
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Bangladesh earned her independence from Pakistan in 1971 after a bloody war that continued for nine months. By December 16 of 1971, the day Bangladesh declared victory, an estimated 30 million people died and 200,000 women reported sexual violence by the Pakistani Army and their Bengali accomplices. Known as one of the worst genocide in history, the systematic killing of Bengalis included a chilling attempt to exterminate the intellectuals from within Bangladeshi society. A published report claims that by 19 April, 1975 individuals were arrested for war crimes and 752 were convicted. After the assassination of the country’s first Prime …