Zbrodnie przeciwko dziedzictwu kulturowemu przed Międzynarodowym Trybunałem Karnym – analiza krytyczna

• Authors: Karolina Wierczyńska , Andrzej Jakubowski

Title variants

Zbrodnie przeciwko dziedzictwu kulturowemu przed Międzynarodowym Trybunałem Karnym – analiza krytyczna

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

On 24 March 2016 the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision confirming the charges of committing war crimes by Al Ahmad Al Mahdi (Abu Tourab). He is suspected of war crimes allegedly committed in 2012, in Timbuktu (Mali), through intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion and/or historical monuments (Article8(2)(e)(iv) of the Rome Statute). In fact, this is the first case to be brought before the ICC concerning the destruction of cultural property. By referring to the circumstances of the case, this article analyses the complimentary function of international criminal tribunals in the prosecuting and convicting of individuals liable for grave cultural heritage crimes vis-à-vis the shortcomings of national criminal jurisdiction. First, it reconstructs the normative foundations of prohibiting and prosecuting cultural heritage crimes. Second, it endeavours to critically assess the practice of international criminal tribunals ad hoc in dealing with the destruction of cultural property. In particular, by referring to certain cases adjudged by the ICTY, it aims to demonstrate to what extent the international protective status of a cultural heritage site may constitute a critical factor in imposing criminal responsibility on individual perpetrators (the cases of Blaškić, Čerkez and Strugar). It also analyses whether intentional attacks against cultural heritage sites, whose protection lies in the general interest of all humanity, may have an impact on the gravity of the crime and the penalty imposed for its commission. Third, the paper deals with the limited provisions of the Rome Statute and offers some general conclusions in respect to the evolving system of individual criminal responsibility for cultural heritage crimes.

Keywords

PL

Międzynarodowy Trybunał Karny; MTK; dziedzictwo kulturowe; dobra kultury; ochrona prawna; zbrodnie międzynarodowe; International Criminal Court; ICC; cultural heritage; cultural goods; preservation of cultural goods; legal protection; international crimes; Międzynarodowy Trybunał Karny; MTK; dziedzictwo kulturowe; dobra kultury; ochrona prawna; zbrodnie międzynarodowe; International Criminal Court; ICC; cultural heritage; cultural goods; preservation of cultural goods; legal protection; international crimes

EN

International Criminal Court; ICC; cultural heritage; cultural goods; preservation of cultural goods; legal protection; international crimes

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN / Institute of Legal Studies PAN
• Journal: Studia Prawnicze
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 1 (205)
• Pages: 39-63

Dates

published

2016-09-01

Contributors

author

Karolina Wierczyńska

• Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN

author

Andrzej Jakubowski

• Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN

Identifiers

DOI

10.37232/sp.2016.1.2