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1 War Crimes Genocide & Crimes against Human. 1 (2005)

handle is hein.journals/warcrim1 and id is 1 raw text is: War Crimes, Genocide, & Crimes against Humanity Volume 1, no. 1 (Jan, 2005): 1-4 Editorial The publication of the first issue of War Crimes, Genocide, & Crimes against Humanity achieves two shared goals that emerged from a series of casual conversations among a group of scholars from law, sociology, criminal justice, criminology, and political science. Those conversations concluded that there was a need for a publication that provided an outlet for and encouraged multi- and interdis- ciplinary inquiry into the broad range of acts prohibited by international criminal, humanitarian, and human rights law. We also believed this publication should be free and easily accessible, an open access journal that would encourage the involvement of scholars in nations where the high costs of modem scholarly publications make participation in intellectual dialog difficult. The journal's title is derived from the three crimes currently within the jurisdiction of the newly formed Inter- national Criminal Court (ICC). Those original conversations were spurred by concern over the horrific acts that led to the establishment of the international tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and that ultimately provided the impetus for the Rome Statute establishing the ICC. The establishment of a new justice system, represented by the ICC, sets the stage for a new discourse on crime and justice in an international context. The journal does not, however,

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