‘Think Globally, Act Locally’: Using Canada’s <i>Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act</i> for the ‘Sustainable Development’ of International Criminal Law

Lafontaine, Fannie

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2117886

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‘Think Globally, Act Locally’: Using Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act for the ‘Sustainable Development’ of International Criminal Law

Fannie Lafontaine

Laval University Faculty of Law

October 19, 2007

Canadian Council of International Law’s Annual Conference: “Canada’s Contribution to International Law,” October 2007

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This paper will focus on this contribution that Canada can bring to the global international criminal justice enterprise through the steady and non-selective use of the universal jurisdiction provision of the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Act.

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Keywords: Universal jurisdiction, Canada, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Act

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Date posted: July 26, 2012

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Lafontaine, Fannie, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’: Using Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act for the ‘Sustainable Development’ of International Criminal Law (October 19, 2007). Canadian Council of International Law’s Annual Conference: “Canada’s Contribution to International Law,” October 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2117886 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2117886

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