The International Criminal Court ( Icc )

“Ideas about human rights have evolved over many centuries. But they achieved strong international support following the Holocaust and World War II. To protect future generations from a repeat of these horrors, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948 and invited states to sign and ratify it”

INTRODUCTION: Human rights are abused every day in a magnitude of different ways. This could be in the form of labour of forcing someone to do something such as in England in the 19th century. There are groups and individuals who have set themselves out to stop human rights abuse. Malala Yousafzai works towards women's’ education and equality while Amnesty International take action about all abuse.

In the pursuit of positive peace for the global community, certain mechanisms are necessary in order to better protect human rights and resolve interstate conflicts. Prior to the events of World War II, a cogent set of laws defining those human rights, much less violations therein were never heard at an international scale. The International Criminal Court has the role as both appellate for justice and voice for peace in the international community but has not yet resolve the contradictory ends of both roles. That contradictory end is that many countries proclaim the necessity of the International Criminal Court as an advocate for conflict resolution and peace advocacy while being resist or outright antagonistic towards the court when their own state has committed those same crimes. To the ends of defending basic universal rights, the International Criminal Court (hereafter ICC) serves that capacity when state level systems cannot or will not act accordingly.

The doctrine of human rights were created to protect every single human regardless of race, gender, sex, nationality, sexual orientation and other differences. It is based on human dignity and the belief that no one has the right to take this away from another human being. The doctrine states that every ‘man’ has inalienable rights of equality, but is this true? Are human rights universal? Whether human rights are universal has been debated for decades. There have been individuals and even countries that oppose the idea that human rights are for everybody. This argument shall be investigated in this essay, by: exploring definitions and history on human rights, debating on whether it is universal while providing examples and background

The following essay will explore the authentic culture of the ‘Gay International’, through Scott Longs claims within ‘The trials of culture; sex and security in Egypt’. The essay, will provide a sense of ‘Sexuality Rights’ and consider the current human rights claims in relation to sexuality rights within human rights structures and processes. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the troublesome but predictable disjunctures which continue to constrain the evolution of coherent and progressive policy positions in this area. Given that there is a powerful opposition to sexuality rights and sexuality rights works globally, more coherence is keenly needed. In addition, this essay will analyse the influences of the independent organisations (NGO’s) who generate and campaign a clearing path on sexuality rights, and who promote debate and discussion that will bring forth how Government organisations can factor an influence to further help this area of issue.

     Over the past few years, the International Criminal Court (ICC or “the Court”) has been igniting controversy the world over. As more countries rallied behind it, more objections have been made, particularly from Americans, regarding what many view as fundamental flaws. I have chosen two papers to compare and contrast the different viewpoints taken by the authors when reflecting upon America’s involvement with the ICC. One calls for total rejection of the ICC, the other weighs the risks and benefits and calls for revision but acceptance.

The International Criminal Court is an independent international organization that is governed by the Rome Statute that is the first international criminal court that is permanent. Its establishment was as a result for the need to bring justice upon perpetrators that commit serious crimes against humanity. The Rome Statute which is the legal basis for establishing the permanent International Criminal Court was approved on 17th July 1998 but it was not until almost four years later on 1st July 2002 that the International Criminal Court came into force (Swoboda). The creation of the permanent international court was not an abrupt process but rather a culmination of events that

Despite the legal advancements the United Nations has made historically to protect the rights of all human beings, gender and sexual minorities continue to be oppressed and are often violently prosecuted for their identities in nations across the globe (UN News, 2016).The United Nations struggles to effectively enforce existing human rights legislation in order to recognize and protect against various human rights abuses which result from gender and sexual orientation, as sexuality is culturally regarded as an issue of morality and therefore cultural sovereignty is utilized as a rallying cry to justify discrimination and abuse (Saiz, 2004). An explicit right to sexuality would logically combat the ability of any nation to utilize cultural sovereignty as grounds to discriminate against gender and sexual minorities. For the purposes of this article ‘an explicit right to sexuality’ describes rights specifically established with intent to be more enforceable than implicit rights (existing proclamations/legislation) that prevent violations of human rights for gender and sexual minorities worldwide formally recognized by all member states of the United nations as a ratified agreement.

The International Criminal Court, also commonly known by its acronym ICC, is governed by the Rome Statute, which provides the legal basis for a permanent ICC. This court is independently responsible for trying individual’s accused of what they consider to be the gravest crimes to international concern. It considers four types of crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression and war crimes. Although anyone can bring a case to the ICC, this court acts as a final resort for when national courts are unable or unwilling to act. This essay follows the structure of the international court as well as a range of other issues as well as summarized by the official website for the International Criminal Court (www.icc-cpi.int).

In the past two decades, the rapidly expanding trend among countries has been towards decrease in human rights allegations against LBGT people. With the emergence of regional government institutions to keep the problem in check and the increasing accessibility of international courts to pursue and take action against violations of gay rights, the world has taken a

Every single human being on this planet has rights. These rights are given to us through birth, and the day I was asked, what my human rights were, I found myself speechless. I did not know how to answer the question, which at the time sounded so easy. I forgot about the question that had me so puzzled, and just brushed it off, ironically six month later I get an assignment on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After reading this historic document, I realized how important human rights are. I believe most people take human rights for granted, we know they exist, but we don’t even know what they are

With the unjust enforcement of brutal social control upon civilians, one can begin to understand the obstacles of participation in the African LGBT Rights Movement. Especially in countries where the law not only excludes the protection of LGBT individuals, but outrightly condemns it, little to no public participation in the movement is observed. As previously noted, 38 of 54 African countries criminalize homosexuality. While the penal code of African countries commonly entails imprisonment for a variable amount of years (up to life term), in some countries, the death penalty is

The international criminal court (ICC) is an unalike international organization, as it deals with individuals of the state parties and non state parties both. The Court among its wide prospects prosecutes individuals, accepts communications and complaints from them, and also allows for an independent official to initiate prosecution. But, independent officials in international organizations always have a controversial position given the fact that they have autonomy and authority to act independently creating a probable threat to the national sovereignty of the member nations. In addition, here the statute also had the proposal to keep the court under the purview of a political institution (Security Council) which was also

Human rights are almost a form of religion in today's world. They are the great ethical yardstick that is used to measure a government's treatment of its people. A broad consensus has emerged in the twentieth century on rhetoric that frames judgment of nations against an international moral code prescribing certain benefits and treatment for all humans simply because they are human. Within many nations political debates rage over the denial or abuse of human rights. Even in prosperous, democratic countries like Canada much