Abstract
This submission endeavoured to aid the efforts of Parliament’s Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes to promote within the United Kingdom a comprehensive framework regarding international crimes. The submission stressed that prevention is the preferred course: ex ante prevention avoids present harms, inter-generational traumas, and future risks of retaliatory violence, while ex post responses, in the form of criminal proceedings, are likely to be random and selective, not comprehensive. It urged that when harm does occur, responses must aim not only to exact retribution, but also to repair injuries, heal societies, and foster peaceful settlements of disputes. To these ends, the submission included a chart listing relevant UK treaty obligations. Prepared by invitation in advance of evidence given by the author at the Committee’s hearing at Parliament on 9 June 2026, the submission is also available at the Committee’s website, https://www.atrocitystandinggroup.org/home#docs.
Repository Citation
Diane Marie Amann,
Prevention of and Response to International Crimes against and affecting Children
(2025),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/1846
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Submission to the United Kingdom Parliament's Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes.
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