Blog post: UK Accountability for War Crimes in Doubt : WestminsterResearch

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Title	Blog post: UK Accountability for War Crimes in Doubt
Authors	Fowler, A.
Abstract	On 18 March the UK Minister for Defence introduced into the UK Parliament his promised package of new legislation designed to ‘protect veterans’. Entitled the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, the proposed law contains important restrictions on the ability to bring alleged UK war criminals – past and future – before UK courts. This blog article considers these proposed restrictions, and alternatively, the potential for accountability in the International Criminal Court.
Keywords	war crimes
	International Criminal Court
Journal	IELR Blog
Year	2020
Publisher	International Enforcement Law Reporter (IELR)
Accepted author manuscript	File Access Level Open (open metadata and files)
Web address (URL)	https://ielrblog.com/index.php/2020/03/30/uk-accountability-for-war-crimes-in-doubt/
Published	30 Mar 2020
File	UK WAR CRIMES prosecutions IELR.docx File Access Level Open (open metadata and files)

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