What are War Crimes? | Rome Statute and International Law

War Crimes today are defined by the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Unfortunately, many war crimes are difficult to prosecute, and many criminals continue to be at large. A major question has to with how much international response there should be in trying to stop war crimes from happening.
When thinking about war crimes, be aware that much of the international law around war crimes is recent, and older examples may not have been illegal when they were committed, but can certainly use them as examples for future law.
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Heywood, Andrew. Global Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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[@sarven5974]

Rather well put! Very well informed and objective.

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[@PHIL_123]

Interesting fact about war crimes laws: Belgium had a law that allowed the use of Belgian courts to prosecute people on grounds of war crimes. In 2004 that was forcibly abolished/severely watered down due to Colin Powell / Bush being served over the Iraq war. Causing a bit of a diplomatic incident where the US threatened to remove NATO headquarters from Brussels. Source: 'Wiki - Belgian war crimes law '

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[@Lindatong2]

Why did US withdraw from the international criminal court jurisdiction?

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Excellent question! A lot of it has to do with the USA wanting to make sure criminal justice is handled by its own legal system, and not influenced by outside factors. Different administrations have had different views on it. Individual states also have significant jurisdiction over criminal matters, and if the federal government signed something that would infringe on state jurisdiction, there could be constitutional issues. The wikipedia article actually summarizes the relationship between the USA and ICC quite well... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court

[@Lindatong2]

@@KorczyksClass Thanks for the explanation. IMHO, Fundamentally, the US government and politicians as a whole, does not treat the human rights of non-US citizens as equal. In the deep mind of the US politicians and main stream media, foreigner’s life does not matter when there is a conflict of other US interests and priorities. The following paragraph from the Wikipedia Article illustrates this dilemma: In July 2002, the United States threatened to use its Security Council veto to block renewal of the mandates of several U.N. peacekeeping operations, unless the Security Council agreed to permanently exempt U.S. nationals from the Court's jurisdiction. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, said that the U.S. proposal "flies in the face of treaty law", risks undermining the Rome Statute, and could end up discrediting the Security Council.

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[@OIBENben]

So the very government who is guilty upholding war and human trafficking are going to enforce a statute against war crimes? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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