World War I
A Phoenix Moment in the History of International Criminal Tribunals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12199861 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ziv Bohrer (0000-0002-9384-4362, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author), Benedikt Pirker (0000-0003-3751-792X, University of Fribourg) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 851-887 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0938-5428 • E-ISSN: 1464-3596 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ejil/chac045 |
| OpenAlex | W4297360684 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The post-World War II International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg is commonly considered the first-ever international criminal tribunal. It is also often argued that the very idea of an international criminal tribunal emerged after World War I, when the first plans for such a tribunal were drawn up. This article, however, presents a very different account. It shows that international criminal tribunals did not have to wait for their conception until after World War I; nor did they come into being after World War II – they already operated during World War I and the preceding century. The article also demonstrates that the existence of such tribunals did influence the participants of the Paris Peace Conference, even though they portrayed them as novel
Ancient history · First world war · International law · Phoenix · Political science · Sociology · Tribunal · War crime · World War II · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |