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On agression, on international criminal law, on international criminal jurisdiction – II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2009

B. V. A. Röling
B. V. A. Röling
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Professor of international law at the University of Groningen
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As the rapporteur of the 1953-Committee on International Criminal Jurisdiction, I should like to introduce its Report to the Sixth Committee, and to outline shortly the history of the topic of International Criminal Jurisdiction which led to the 1953-Committee on International Criminal Jurisdiction.

The origin of the topic of International Criminal Jurisdiction is without the slightest doubt the post-war trials, especially those of Nuremberg and Tokyo. In his report to President Truman Justice Biddle had stated: “the conclusions of Nuremberg may be ephemeral or significant. That depends whether we now take the next steps…”

This “next step” could only two things.

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Netherlands International Law Review , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 1955 , pp. 279 - 289
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Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press 1955

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page 280 note 1 Historical Survey A-CN4–7, Rev. 1. p. 29.

page 281 note 1 Par. 17 Report of the 1951-Committee.

page 283 note 1 As a striking example I may mention the trial and judgment of Khabarovsk, Dec. 25–30, 1949. Compare: Materials on the trial of former servicemen of the Japanese Army charged with manufacturing and employing bacteriological weapons. Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow 1950. The Verdict may be found p. 523 ff.

page 284 note 1 Carr, E. H., The twenty years' crisis, 1919–1939. An introduction to the study of international relations, London 1939, p. 219.Google Scholar

page 285 note 1 Compare A. Heusler, Zum isländischen Fehdewesen in der Sturlungenzeit. Abh. der Kön. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften 1912. Phil.-hist. Klasse 1912, Abh. IV, pp. 1–102.

page 286 note 1 E.g. art. 47, art. 50 sub 3, art. 54, art. 58 sub 4, art. 59 sub 7, art. 64, art. 65 sub 5, art. 66 sub 5 and 6, art. 68 sub 6, art. 82, art. 92.

page 288 note 1 Compare the artt. 26 and 27 of the revised Draft Statute formulated by the Second Committee on International Criminal Jurisdiction, New York, 1953.