Topic: Universal Jurisdiction in Crimes against Humanity
Country: Congo
Delegate Name: Sean Baas
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Congo position papers GLIMUN 2011 committees
Throughout the years there have been many crimes committed against humanity. There are events such as the holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda. These events are devastating and need to be justified accordingly. In the past the world court has dealt with the people who committed these atrocities or special trials have been set up such as the Nuremberg Trials after World War Two. These strategies worked well and those found guilty were given fair punishment for their crimes against humanity. If any other major crimes against humanity were to occur it would be best to deal with it the way that it was done in the past seeing that it worked well then.
Congo believes that there definitely needs to be punishment for any kind of crime against humanity. These crimes cannot go un-justified and because of that there need to be a universal jurisdiction set up to keep criminals in check. The United Nations needs to set up a universal court or jurisdiction system to fairly try criminals accused of crimes against humanity. If this is done then the criminals who commit these crimes will be kept in check because of the punishment that will occur if they commit crimes against humanity. It is in the best interest for the people of the world to establish this jurisdiction system so that they will be safe from crimes against humanity.
The majority of the countries in the World would agree with the Congo’s point of view seeing as it is in the best interest for their people. Some major supporters would be the big powers of the world such as The United States, France, Russia and the United Kingdom. All of these countries support basic human rights and would be in full support of keeping atrocities such as crimes against humanity form occurring.
On the other hand some countries that would not support the creation of a universal jurisdiction system would be countries that do not support human rights and deprive their citizens of basic human rights. These countries would include Iran, Syria, and possibly China. There are crimes against humanity going on or have occurred in these countries and because of that they would not want a jurisdiction system to be set up because of the punishments that they would have to deal with. It is in the best interest of the people of the World to set up a universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity so that they can live their lives on a safer planet.
