Aims of international prosecution : deterrence and International Criminal Court
Journal: Bilkent University Institutional Repository (Bilkent University)
Year: 2010

International community while establishing international mechanisms to prosecute and punish perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide assumed that international prosecution would have a deterrent effect on potential perpetrators.Thus, this thesis aims to analyze the extent of contribution by international justice mechanisms to the prevention of grave human rights violations in an ongoing conflict.In other words, this thesis tries to figure out whether the pred