Parisa Dehghani; Mohammad-Hossein Ramazani Ghavamabadi; Mohammad Reza Alipour
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Among the many areas in which the Martens’ Clause has been raised, great attention to international criminal law is of particular importance. Because in this context, the Martens' Clause and its elements, especially the principles of humanity and public conscience, as a rational solution that stems ...
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Among the many areas in which the Martens’ Clause has been raised, great attention to international criminal law is of particular importance. Because in this context, the Martens' Clause and its elements, especially the principles of humanity and public conscience, as a rational solution that stems from the most sublime aspects of human dignity,has been manifested by an extensive interpretation in criminalizing the attack to human values, combating impunity and prosecution of perpetrators of international crimes.Additional attention to the Clause and the identification of its constituent elements, in international criminal law in theory and practice, it further reveals the high position of human beings in contemporary international law. International criminal tribunal have made effective inferences by using the capacities of the Clause and its effective role in the interpretation process, clarifying the content of the rules, blowing the spirit of innovation and the element of advancement into the international criminal law,filling gaps and eliminating the ambiguity in the international provisions, that make it possible to understand the content, and its legal functions.Therefore,the authors argue that a proper application of the Clause in international criminal jurisprudence will lead to the emergence of other principles and rules in international law.
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The gradual development of regional criminal justice with an emphasis on African Court of Justice and Human RightsPursuit some African heads of states and claims of selective justice International Criminal Court caused deep dissatisfaction with the African Union. Union positions and some African countries ...
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The gradual development of regional criminal justice with an emphasis on African Court of Justice and Human RightsPursuit some African heads of states and claims of selective justice International Criminal Court caused deep dissatisfaction with the African Union. Union positions and some African countries in the form of withdrawal of the proposed International Criminal Court, and finally in 2014 established the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Malabo protocols were followed. African Court Protocol has not entered into force because of Malabo has not yet started.This article about the protest Africa to the administration of justice of the International Criminal Court and efforts to realize the criminal justice area and thereby jurisdiction African Court of Justice and Human Rights and challenge the immunity of heads of protocol Malabo and cooperation enshrined in the Rome Statute (1998) will be analyzed.KeywordsAfrican Union, African Court of Justice and Human Rights, regional criminal justice, International Criminal Court, Immunity
