International Criminal Law and its Contribution to Human Rights Safeguards
Beyond Borders Defending the Defenseless
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.52028/rbadr.v7.i13.ART11.INMots-clés :
Human Rights, War Crimes, Humanity, ICC, Legal LandscapesRésumé
To protect human rights, holding people accountable and demanding compensation
from countries is necessary. International criminal law tools, such as the Nuremberg Verdict of the
International Military Tribunal (IMT) and the Charter, protect several rights outlined in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. The 1949 Geneva Conventions expanded the scope of the universality
principle to include war crimes, and the rights protected by the numerous human rights covenants are in
line with the specific serious violations. International criminal law is essentially a supplement to human
rights, acting as a means of enforcement to determine personal responsibility and punish individuals
who infringe on these rights. Human rights legislation and the ensuing legal framework for defending
the rights of the accused. It clarifies the extent to which human rights are protected in international
criminal courts and points out certain obstacles that might result in individual rights being violated and
endanger the core idea of a “fair trial”. The paper discusses the extension of the notion of a fair trial
to international criminal proceedings and suggests possible ways to overcome these problems within
the framework of the international criminal justice system. It also explores the connections between
international criminal courts and human rights monitoring systems, looking at the potential effects on
individual rights of accusatorial and inquisitorial aspects of the international criminal process.
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