CRIME OF AGGRESSION UNDER THE ROME STATUTE AND EXCLUSION OF UNILATERAL HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION

Year 2018, Issue: 33, 353 - 362, 25.10.2018

Şahin Eray Kırdım

https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.394655

Abstract

Unilateral humanitarian intervention is one of the most controversial
issues in international law and relations. This controversy arises from the
fact that while it serves a praiseworthy practice such as saving people
suffering from gross human rights violations, it is illegal under international
law. This article examines how this illegality fits the definition of the crime
of aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The
main contention is that while the doctrine of unilateral humanitarian
intervention constitutes an illegal practice of international relations, the
International Criminal Court is not able to try the persons ordering military
interventions for humanitarian purposes. This arises mostly because unilateral
humanitarian intervention is in a “grey area” of international law.

Keywords

Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention, International Criminal Court, Crime of Aggression, Rome Statute

ROMA STATÜSÜ KAPSAMINDA SALDIRI SUÇU VE TEK TARAFLI İNSANİ MÜDAHALENİN KAPSAM DIŞINDA KALMASI

Abstract

Tek taraflı insani müdahaleler uluslararası hukuk ve uluslaraası ilişklerin
en tartışmalı konularından biri olagelmiştir. Bu tartışmadan şurdan
kaynaklanır: İnsani müdahale ağır insan hakları ihlallerinden dolayı acı çeken
insanları kurtarmak gibi takdire şayan bir amaca hizmet etse de, uluslararası
hukukta genellike yasadışı olarak kabul edilir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı,
genellikle yasadışı olarak kabul edilen tek taraflı insani müdahale konseptinin
Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi'nin kurucu metni olan Roma Statüsü'ne uygunluğunu
incelemektir. Çalışmanın savunduğu temel fikir, her ne kadar tek taraflı insani
müdahale doktrini uluslararası ilişkilerin yasadışı bir uygulaması olması da,
Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi'nin insani amaçlarla askeri müdahale emri veren kişileri
yargılama yetkisine sahip olmadığıdır. Bunun nedeni, tek taraflı insani
müdahale konseptinin uluslararası hukukun “gri
bir bölgesi”nde yer almasındandır.

Keywords

Tek Taraflı İnsani Müdahale, Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi, Saldırı Suçu, Roma Statüsü

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