The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the World's only permanent international court that investigates and prosecutes crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. These crimes are collectively called "atrocity crimes" and share many characteristics. The ICC can prosecute perpetrators of crimes against humanity even if they were not committed during wartime.
The International Crimes Database is comprehensive database on international crimes adjudicated by national, as well as international and internationalized courts.
In addition to case law on international crimes, the database incorporates general background information about international crimes, scholarly as well as news articles, working papers (ICD Briefs) and relevant links to other useful databases/websites on this topic.
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Video Abstract
Chronicles the unspeakable atrocities and blind obedience that led to history's most important war tribunal. For the eight justices who embarked on this untried experiment in world justice, a terrible question loomed.
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Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people and our leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of our democracy. After decades of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts the United States to pass laws restricting immigration. In Germany, Hitler finds support for his antisemitic rhetoric and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to flee to neighboring countries or America. FDR and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response.
