International criminal courts

AuthorHashim Çollaku - Shpend Memaj
PositionJudge in the Appeals Court of Kosovo - Court Interpreter in Pristina, Kosovo
Pages166-174
Vol. 3 No. 3
November 2017
Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences
IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria
ISSN 2410-3918
Acces online at www.iipccl.org
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International criminal courts
Dr. Hashim Çollaku
Judge in the Appeals Court of Kosovo
MSc. Shpend Memaj
Court Interpreter in Pristina - Kosovo
Abstract
The International Criminal Courts as such emerged a er the end of WWII and as
such take an international character. Crimes commi ed by the state or individuals
on civilians must be prosecuted through operating criminal courts. The purpose of
this manuscript is an analysis of the international criminal courts about war crimes
commi ed by aggressor nations.
Keywords: Criminal court, crimes, trial, statute, tribunal.
Introduction
In this paper we have elaborated the development of the international law following
WWII, taking into consideration creation and operation of international courts such
as the Nuremberg and Tokyo courts. During the Second World War there were a lot of
victims and material damages, for which – people started to think that the countries
that caused them were responsible. The agreement between the war winning
countries was reached on 8 August 1945 in London. Pu ing the war criminals on trial
was the priority of these courts that started work on 1 October 1946. The International
Community seeing that the creation and operation of the international courts was an
enviable success did not stop with this type of organization but continued to work
towards the creation and operation of other courts, such as the International Criminal
Court in Den Haag, for the crimes commi ed in the territory of former Yugoslavia,
the International Criminal Court for Rwanda, The Permanent International Criminal
Court, etc.. All these courts operate under the mandate of United Nations and have
their respective statutes.
Development of international criminal law following WWII
Development of international criminal law is also related to the creation of international
courts such as the International Criminal Courts of Nuremberg and Tokyo that were
created a er the end of WWII. This development is also characterized with other
internal and external developments, but following the end of WWII, brutal crimes
are analyzed, the miseries exercised on humanity by the German Nazis and the other
allies of the fascist block.
The military agreement between the forces that won the war such as USA, France,

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