Act of 18 December 1998 on the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation as a Ground for Prosecution of Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and Crimes against Peace

• Authors: Wierczyńska Karolina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses definitions of crimes included into the Act of 18 December 1998 on the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, and their usefulness in prosecuting individuals who committed international crimes. It is argued that the provisions of the Act cannot constitute a ground for criminal responsibility of individuals, as they violate the principle of nullum crimen sine lege certa.

Keywords

EN

crimes against humanity; crimes against peace; genocide; ICC; ICTR; Institute of National Remembrance; war crimes

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN / Institute of Legal Studies PAN
• Journal: Polish Yearbook of International Law
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 37
• Pages: 275-286

Dates

published

2018-09-01

Contributors

author

Wierczyńska Karolina

• Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

Identifiers

DOI

10.7420/pyil2017n