'Crimes Against Peace' and International Law – A Postscript on the Crime of Aggression
Kirsten Sellars, '"Crimes against Peace" and International Law – A Postscript on the Crime of Aggression' in Kirsten Sellars, 'Crimes against Peace' and international Law (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 288-293.
6 Pages Posted: 25 Jun 2019
Date Written: February 15, 2013
Abstract
The Nuremberg Tribunal could not have been conceived before the D-Day invasion, and the Tokyo Tribunal could not have been founded before the bombing of Hiroshima. Here lies the problem for those who aspire to make aggression a crime. The force of the aggressor constitutes the offence, and brings the law into play; but the force of the victor is the precondition for the implementation of the law. This latter precondition has inevitably invited scepticism about the validity of the law, and cynicism about those executing it.
Keywords: Crimes Against Peace, Public International Law, International Criminal Law, Crimes Against Peace, the Crime of Aggression, Nuremberg Tribunal, International Criminal Court
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