Is the Crime of Aggression Really Accountable? Reflections about Syria
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https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2014.03.09Keywords:
ICC, aggression, Security Council, non intervention principle, unilateral interventionAbstract
Nobody can deny that Syria's situation is really serious, and requires an effective solution from the international community. However, that "intervention/solution" will have to respect the UN Charter and the Security Council's responsibilities like the non intervention principle and the new definition of the crime of aggression adopted in Kampala in 2010. This paper analyses the role of major powers (especially the USA and France) and the hypothetic application of the article 8 bis of the Rome Statute, if the Security Council is not able to find a consensus, and a "unilateral" solution was carried out by the aforementioned powerful States.
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UN Charter
Resolution GA 2625 (XXV)
Resolution RC/Res.6.
Resolution 3314 (XXIX)
Resolution SC 2042 (2012)
ResolutionSC 2043 (2012)
Rome Statue
The BBC Syrian government 'behind chemical attack'
2 September 2013
CBS United Nations' Syria chemical weapons report ""overwhelming,"" Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says
13 September 2013
HRW Syria: Government Likely Culprit in Chemical Attack,
10 September 2013
Attacks on Ghouta, Analysis of Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria
10 September 2013
Le Monde Guerrechimique en Syrie - Sur le front de Damas
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http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sc10658.doc.htm
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2013/sc11028.doc.htm
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2014-03-20
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Carvajal, I. F. C. (2014). Is the Crime of Aggression Really Accountable? Reflections about Syria. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 3, 108–112. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2014.03.09
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