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The establishment of a permanent international criminal court: ICRC expectations of the Rome Diplomatic Conference

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2010

Toni Pfanner
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Violations of international humanitarian law are not a new phenomenon. Nor is the establishment of an international criminal court to counter such violations a new idea. The first project creating a link between violations of a humanitarian treaty — that is, the Geneva Convention of 1864 for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field — and penal sanction by a permanent international judicial body was drawn up by Gustave Moynier, one of the founders of the ICRC Like so many other projects, it did not materialize, however.

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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 38 , Issue 322 , March 1998 , pp. 21 - 27
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1998

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3 UN General Assembly resolution 52/160 of 15 December 1997.

4 Prosecutor v. Dusko Tadic, Case No. IT-94–1-AR-72. Decision on the defence motion for interlocutory appeal on jurisdiction (2 October 1995), p. 64, para. 119.

5 Articles 49/50/129/146 of the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949.

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