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A 12 page examination of the history of international law and the implementation and function of the International Criminal Court. The author examines the reasons behind U.S. resistance to this international entity. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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from individual countries to the world as a whole. Developing a functional world court however, a world court whose composure and legal and social base all the affected players
could agree on, has been a somewhat difficult task. Despite the fact that the International Criminal Court went into effect in 2002 as a result of the Rome Statute,
the United States has yet to ratify that international entity. Even those nations that do support the International Criminal Court are not in full agreement as to the specifics
of its operations, what types of crimes can be prosecuted through it, and to what types of individuals its authority extends. This is understandable given the fact that even
though we have attempted to enumerate and clarify those rights and the infringements which are classified as war crimes, we have failed to adequately do so. Just as contemporary
thought on what constitutes a war crime can vary considerably even in the present day, so too can our perspective of the International Criminal Court vary.
The U.S. failure is a particular point of contention in the international arena, particularly since the U.S. served as a pivotal player in the precursors to the
ICC. The Geneva Convention, signed into effect in 1864, was one of these precursors. Its terms required the humane treatment of civilians, prisoners, and the wounded during times
of war. All of Europe agreed to these terms as did the United States and many representatives of Asia and South America. With this initial agreement international law
was put into place which delineated between necessary acts of war and actions which constituted war crimes. Although several revisions would be made to the initial terms over the
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