Zbrodnie przeciwko ludzkości w myśli prawnej Herscha Lauterpachta

• Authors: Bryl Andrzej

Title variants

EN

Crimes against humanity in the legal thought of Hersch Lauterpacht

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Zbrodnie przeciwko ludzkości to jedna z czterech kategorii zbrodni prawa międzynarodowego, obok ludobójstwa, zbrodni wojennych i zbrodni agresji. Mimo, że koncepcja zbrodni przeciwko ludzkości znana jest prawu międzynarodowemu co najmniej od czasu umieszczenia ich w Karcie MTW w Norymberdze, samo pojęcie wciąż nie jest do końca jasne. Pełne jego zrozumienie wymaga zatem prześledzenia ich rodowodu ideowego, w tym zwłaszcza okoliczności, które sprawiły, że pojawiły się one jako jeden z zarzutów stawianych w procesie przed MTW. Kluczową rolę w umieszczeniu ich w Karcie MTW przypisuje się Herschowi Lauterpachtowi, który w swojej wcześniejszej twórczości nie podejmował co prawda problematyki zbrodni przeciwko ludzkości, jednak ich fundamenty aksjologiczne i normatywne, można wyinterpretować z całokształtu jego dorobku naukowego.

EN

Crimes against humanity is one of the four major categories of international crimes together with genocide, war crimes and the crime of aggression. Although the concept of crimes against humanity has been recognized in international law since its inclusion in the Charter of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, the very idea of this crime still seems elusive. In order to properly understand its character, the analysis of its philosophical and doctrinal background will be conducted, with a special emphasis on circumstances that led to placing crimes against humanity among the charges during the Nuremberg trial. It is believed that it was Hersch Lauterpacht who contributed to this development, which may seem surprising, considering the fact that he had never taken up the issue of crimes against humanity in his research. Ethical and normative foundations of the concept can however be traced throughout his work in the field of international law.

Keywords

PL

zbrodnie przeciwko ludzkości; proces norymberski; prawa człowieka

EN

crimes against humanity; the Nuremberg trial; the Nuremberg Charter; the sovereignty principle; human rights

• Publisher: Fundacja im. Aliny i Leszka Allerhandów
• Journal: Głos Prawa. Przegląd Prawniczy Allerhanda
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1(3)
• Pages: 50-61

Contributors

author

Bryl Andrzej

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

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