Abstract
This article examines the paradoxical question of whether the International Criminal Court will require justice at the expense of peace. Notwithstanding the popular catch phrase of the 1990s - "no peace without justice"' - peace and justice are sometimes incompatible goals. To end an international or internal conflict, negotiations must often be conducted with the very leaders who were responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. When this is the case, insisting on criminal prosecutions can prolong the conflict, resulting in more death, destruction, and human suffering.
Keywords
International aspects, Criminal courts, Amnesty
Publication Date
1999
Document Type
Article
Publication Information
32 Cornell International Law Journal 507 (1999)
Repository Citation
Scharf, Michael P., "The Amnesty Exception to the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court" (1999). Faculty Publications. 738.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/738
