MICC: a Model International Criminal Court workshop
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Forced Sterilisation of Roma Women in Slovakia
Discrimination or anti-romani sentiment against the Roma people is a serious problem and human rights issue in many countries including Slovakia. This phenomenon is very often based on stereotypes revolving around criminality, laziness, and receiving undeserved benefits from the state. In the 2009 survey conducted by EU-MIDIS across several European countries, including Slovakia, which was…
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The Reality of Abortions in Poland
Poland has one of the most stringent abortion laws in the European Union. As of 2023, abortion is permissible under two circumstances: when the pregnancy threatens the woman’s life or health, and when the pregnancy is the consequence of rape. Abortions require a doctor’s consent and written permission from the pregnant woman. Violations may lead…
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The Punishment That Friedrich Flick Deserves
By Birendra Kumar Agarwal (Krzyżowa, Poland) The case of Friedrich Flick is up for judgment tomorrow at the Model International Criminal Court (MICC). Given Ubi societas, ibi ius (wherever there is society, there is law), which says that the law serves a stable society, what should be the right decision? After following the case intensely…
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Music That Kills
Bikindi, the Poet of the Rwandan Genocide By Prodromos Paraskevaidis April 4, 2023 (Krzyżowa, Poland) This morning, a very important tribunal session took place at the Model International Criminal Court (MICC) in the Polish village of Krzyżowa about an interesting and distinctive case with some unique characteristics. “All rise”, and the trial had already begun!…
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The Court is Good Enough
By Uri Binnun April 4, 2023 (Krzyżowa, Poland) Today, three major trials were held at the Model International Criminal Court (MICC). First, the trial of Friedrich Flick – a Nazi businessman accused of using slave labor in his factories during World War II. Next, the court held the trial of Slobodan Prajlak, a Croat general…
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Ukraine is Mostar
By Yulya Makarevych April 4, 2023 (Krzyżowa, Poland) Today we all observed the trial of Slobodan Praljak at the Model International Criminal Court (MICC). Praljak is the Bosnian Croat general who served in the militia Croatian Defence Council during the Bosnian war (1992-95). He is charged with the destruction of the “Old Bridge” in Mostar,…
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Prosecutor vs. Simon Bikindi
Indictment Simon Bikindi is charged with aiding and abetting the commission of genocide, punishable under Art. 6 (a) and (b) and 25 (3) (c) RS. Case background: The conflict in Rwanda (1994) Rwanda, a country in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, gained independence from Belgian colonial rule in 1959. By 1961, the traditional Tutsi-dominated…
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Prosecutor vs. Friedrich Flick
Indictment Friedrich Flick is accused of being responsible for the commission of the crime against humanity of enslavement as a superior civilian commander, punishable under Article 7 (1) (c) and 28 (b) of the Rome Statute. Case overview Case background: World War II (1939 – 1945) The Second World War (1939-1945) was planned by the German government…
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Prosecutor vs. Slobodan Prljak
Indictment Slobodan Praljak is charged with the destruction of the Old Bridge i.e. committing War Crimes according to Article 8 2 (a) (iv) and 2 (b) (ix) of the Rome Statute. Case overview and indictment Case background: World War II (1939 – 1945) The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-1991) was a state in the southeast…
