International criminal tribunals

"stages of a path" or "stars in a constellation"? (A political-legal view of the Rome Statute)

Authors

  • Pedro Caeiro

Keywords:

International Criminal Court, Nuremberg Tribunal, ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals, International criminal jurisdiction

Abstract

The present text carries out an analysis of the International Criminal Tribunals in terms of their legitimacy and the conditions of their respective jurisdictions, placing them in the specific historical context that gave rise to them. Without forgetting the imperfections from which they suffer, resulting from the "politically possible" clause, the author concludes that each International Criminal Tribunal seeks to respond to the specific demands of its historical era, constituting the least bad of the alternatives for achieving the main objective of an international criminal jurisdiction: the legal control of force in reaction to the most serious crimes against international law.

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Published

2002-01-01

How to Cite

CAEIRO, Pedro. International criminal tribunals: "stages of a path" or "stars in a constellation"? (A political-legal view of the Rome Statute). Brazilian Journal of Criminal Science, São Paulo, v. 37, n. 37, p. 98–106, 2002. Disponível em: https://publicacoes.ibccrim.org.br/index.php/RBCCRIM/article/view/4084. Acesso em: 20 oct. 2026.

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 37 (2002): RBCCRIM - Janeiro/Março

Section

International Doctrine

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