![]() ![]() But the shocking acts of the Nazis were not isolated incidents, which we have since consigned to history. The World Wars lead the world community to pledge that “never again” would anything similar occur. According to some estimates, nearly 170 million civilians have been subjected to genocide, war crimes and Crimes Against Humanity during the past century. Acts of mass violence have taken place in so many countries and on so many occasions it is hard to comprehend. The horrors of the twentieth century are many. While the law limped lamely along, international crimes flourished. The failure of the international community to develop binding norms of international criminal law was glaringly illustrated by the slow pace of various UN committees charged in 1946 with drafting both a code of crimes against the peace and security of mankind and the statutes for an international criminal court. The awareness of the inadequacy of the law and the willingness to do something to enforce such new principles was slow in coming. The right of humanitarian intervention to put a stop to Crimes Against Humanity – even by a sovereign against his own citizens – gradually emerged from the Nuremberg principles affirmed by the United Nations. The Nuremberg trials established that all of humanity would be guarded by an international legal shield and that even a Head of State would be held criminally responsible and punished for aggression and Crimes Against Humanity. As the Nuremberg judges pointed out in 1946, ‘The Hague Convention nowhere designates such practices as criminal, nor is any sentence prescribed, nor any mention made of a court to try and punish offenders.’(1) On the eve of the twentieth century attempts to regulate warfare in The Hague Conference of 1899, and again in 1907, were constrained by notions of State sovereignty. Indeed if international criminal law is defined as the prosecution of individuals for ‘international crimes’ such as war crimes or Crimes Against Humanity then there was no such law for most of the twentieth century. There is no doubt that international criminal law has developed in recent years. His mother's depression made it impossible for her to care for the young Saddam, and he was sent to live with his uncle Khairullah Tulfah who was briefly imprisoned for political activity.The first forty years after Nuremberg was a period of slow progress in developing international criminal law. At almost the same time, Saddam's older brother died of cancer. ![]() ![]() Some accounts say that his father was killed others say he abandoned his family. Either just before or just after his birth, his father disappeared from his life. Saddam, which means "he who confronts," was born in 1937 a village called al-Auja, outside of Tikrit in northern Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons." Notable Quote: "We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children, and our families so as not to give up Iraq.Children: Uday Hussein, Qusay Hussein, Raghad Hussein, Rana Hussein, Hala Hussein.Spouses: Sajida Talfah, Samira Shahbandar.Published Works: Novels including Zabiba and the King, The Fortified Castle, Men and the City, Begone Demons.Education: High school in Baghdad law school for three years (did not graduate).Died: December 30, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. ![]() Parents: Hussein 'Abd al-Majid, Subha Tulfah al-Mussallat.Also Known As: Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti, "The Butcher of Baghdad".Known For: Dictator of Iraq from 1979–2003. ![]()
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