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Renzo, Massimo (2012) Crimes against humanity and the limits of international criminal law. Law and Philosophy, Vol.31 (No.4). pp. 443-476. doi:10.1007/s10982-012-9127-4 ISSN 0167-5249.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10982-012-9127-4
Abstract
Crimes against humanity are supposed to have a collective dimension with respect both to their victims and their perpetrators. According to the orthodox view, these crimes can be committed by individuals against individuals, but only in the context of a widespread or systematic attack against the group to which the victims belong. In this paper I offer a new conception of crimes against humanity and a new justification for their international prosecution. This conception has important implications as to which crimes can be justifiably prosecuted and punished by the international community. I contend that the scope of the area of international criminal justice that deals with basic human rights violations should be wider than is currently acknowledged, in that it should include some individual violations of human rights, rather than only violations that have a collective dimension.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare K Law [Moys] > KC International Law |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Crimes against humanity, International criminal law, Human rights | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Law and Philosophy | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
ISSN: | 0167-5249 | ||||
Official Date: | July 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.31 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 443-476 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s10982-012-9127-4 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 December 2015 |
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