International Justice

The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, cilt.2, sa.0, 2015 (Hakemli Dergi)

The history of justice has evolved from the

retributivemodels in the code ofHammurabi, the

Bible, and Koran to modern ideals that there are

international standards based on human rights

and democratic values governing the distribution

and administration of criminal justice. Yet during

periods of conflict and tyranny, these systemsmay

fail to hold those accountable for crimes against

humanity. The idea of “international justice” is

more than the description and comparison of the

legal codes and procedures of nations. It is now

about the evolution of international standards by

which the quality of criminal justice is judged

and the emergence of new conventions and institutions

to hold individuals, groups, and countries

responsible for actions that are determined to be

crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes,

and fundamental violations of human rights.