Role Of The International Community In Fighting Crimes Against Humanity: A Focus On Africa

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ..................................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ........................................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION .............................. , ........................................................................................................ iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................... iv

CHAPTER ONE ..................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1

1.2BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................ 3

1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM .............................................................................................. S

1.4 KEY RESEARCH QUESTIONS ................................................................................................... 6

· 1.5. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................... 6

.6 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................... 7

1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF TI-lE RESEARCH AND LITERATURE REVIEW ....................................... 8

.8 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 10

CHAPTER TWO .................................................................................................................................. 11

2.0. THE ROLE OF THE INTERN A TJONAL COMMUNITY IN TACKLING CRIMES AGAINST

HUMANITY AND ITS JUSTJFICA TJON ........................................................................................ 11

2.1. OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................... ll

2.1.1. PREVENTION OF ARMED CONFLICTS .......................................................................... 11

2.1.2. CESSATION OF EXISTING CONFLICTS ......................................................................... 12

2.1.3. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE VICTIMS ....................................................... 14

2.1.4. PUNISHMENT OF THE PERPETRA TORS ........................................................................ 15

2.2. THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE ROLE ...................................................................................... 18

2.2.1. THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE EQUALITY OF ALL HUMAN

BEINGS ................................ . ...................................................................................................... -19

CHAPTER THREE ............................................................................................................................... 22

3.0. THE MECHANISMS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS USED IN

DEALING WITH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND THE DEGREE OF SUCCESS ....... 22

3.1. INTRODUCTION TO THE METHODS USED ..................................................................... 22