Why Do International Criminal Tribunals Rarely Prosecute the Crime of Aggression?
Journal: Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
Year: 2025

The establishment of the United Nations in 1945 and the jus contra bellum regime gave rise to a body of law which outlawed the process of going to war in all conditions other than the generally-accepted self-defense. International criminal tribunals, the most modern incarnation of which is the International Criminal Court, have always adhered to the same vision of an international community, where even statesmen may be held accountable and seemingly ineluctable impunity for atrocities ended. How