A Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity Draws More Engagement from States - TOMORROW OCT 10, 2024 IS THE HISTORICAL VOTE TO DECIDE IF COUNTRIES WILL AGREE TO CREATE A TREATY BY 2026!
A Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity Draws More Engagement from States - TOMORROW OCT 10, 2024 IS THE HISTORICAL VOTE TO DECIDE IF COUNTRIES WILL AGREE TO CREATE A TREATY BY 2026!
Let's get into the DETAILS of this truly historical - once in billions of years of history, and it never happened EVER BEFORE - event of a crimes against humanity treaty that could be a game changer.
I don’t understand how this will help anyone. Don’t we already have laws against committing crimes against humanity? Isn’t that the whole supposed purpose of the UN and WHO?
No you would think so, but there is no treaty to PREVENT crimes against humanity - only punish.
The punishment mechanisms SUCK right now & need strengthening through a treaty to bind states to the obligation to PREVENT and punish... Its crazy but the way it's set up now is the States are NOT obligated to prevent or punish.
International treaties have mostly failed to produce their intended effects.
Conclusion
Unless different evidence emerges, calls for new international treaties to address global challenges beyond trade and finance should be received with caution. Although the meta-analysis relies on the current state of published evidence, our findings that treaties governing environmental, human rights, humanitarian, maritime, and security policy domains have not demonstrated impacts either point to the failure of these treaties to achieve impacts or the failure of researchers to generate evidence of impacts. If pursued, enforcement mechanisms appear to be the only treaty design choice that holds promise of maximizing the chances of achieving intended effects. Future treaties beyond trade and finance that do not have enforcement mechanisms are unlikely to be worth their considerable effort and may have unintended consequences. These findings are immediately relevant for treaties that are currently being negotiated or that are being considered for negotiation. https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2122854119
I don’t understand how this will help anyone. Don’t we already have laws against committing crimes against humanity? Isn’t that the whole supposed purpose of the UN and WHO?
No you would think so, but there is no treaty to PREVENT crimes against humanity - only punish.
The punishment mechanisms SUCK right now & need strengthening through a treaty to bind states to the obligation to PREVENT and punish... Its crazy but the way it's set up now is the States are NOT obligated to prevent or punish.
Signed sealed delivered.
You know we love you right Bruce? Onward ho we march forward to victory and better laws!
International treaties have mostly failed to produce their intended effects.
Conclusion
Unless different evidence emerges, calls for new international treaties to address global challenges beyond trade and finance should be received with caution. Although the meta-analysis relies on the current state of published evidence, our findings that treaties governing environmental, human rights, humanitarian, maritime, and security policy domains have not demonstrated impacts either point to the failure of these treaties to achieve impacts or the failure of researchers to generate evidence of impacts. If pursued, enforcement mechanisms appear to be the only treaty design choice that holds promise of maximizing the chances of achieving intended effects. Future treaties beyond trade and finance that do not have enforcement mechanisms are unlikely to be worth their considerable effort and may have unintended consequences. These findings are immediately relevant for treaties that are currently being negotiated or that are being considered for negotiation. https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2122854119