The unviability of international criminal law in a zero-strength world. International justice for the crimes of Islamic State?

Consolidation of international criminal law has been fostered by geopolitical contexts of leadership by a minority group of powers, as happened after the end of the Second World War and during the Cold War. Today, the world is once again in a position of lack of guidance by a single State, hindering...

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Autores: García Vázquez, Borja, Carnevali Rodríguez, Raúl
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Foro Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.forointernacional.colmex.mx:article/2747
Acceso en línea:https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/2747
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:derecho penal internacional
derecho internacional humanitario
guerra civil siria
crímenes de guerra
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
Syrian civil war
war crimes
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Sumario:Consolidation of international criminal law has been fostered by geopolitical contexts of leadership by a minority group of powers, as happened after the end of the Second World War and during the Cold War. Today, the world is once again in a position of lack of guidance by a single State, hindering the exercise of international criminal law, both in the form of ad hoc or mixed courts, as well as the ineffectiveness of the International Criminal Court in the face of global fragmentation. This is evidenced by the Syrian civil war, a conflict which finds historical parallels with the Spanish civil war, confirming the unviability of international criminal law in a situation of a vacuum of leadership.