At this time there are two functioning ad hoc international criminal tribunals, one for the former Yugoslavia and the other for Rwanda. The international community is on the threshold of creating a permanent criminal law regime. This volume brings together domestic and international approaches to war crimes which hitherto have been most commonly discussed separately.
Legality is subject to four encompassing issues.
He then analyses various unsuccessful attempts both in the last century and the twentieth century to create structures and mechanisms to facilitate an international criminal law regime. The historical account is engaging because it brings to light many little known events. From the adoption of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, he progresses through time covering the ad hoc international responses, each with their own limitations. In the next four chapters, the contributors focus on national approaches to war crimes. Axel Marschik, who is on the Faculty of the University of Vienna, undertakes in chapter three to examine European national approaches to humanitarian war crimes.