Topic: Universal Jurisdiction in Crimes against Humanity
Country: Czech Republic
Delegate Name: Connor Helakoski
School: Mattawan High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Czech Republic position papers GLIMUN 2011 committees
The Czech Republic is a free democratic state that agrees that crimes against humanity should be punishable on an international level, not just within the country where the crime or crimes took place. This is a very serious issue and popular sovereignty must be maintained.
Crimes against humanity are crimes so horrible in nature that it can not be disputed that they should be illegal. Unfortunately there are many corrupt and damaged governments around the world that would be willing to encourage these crimes, or at least protect the ones committing them. Crimes against humanity need to be dealt with on a higher level, there should be no doubt that these criminals will be charged and punished for their crimes and not protected by any corrupt officials. Countries need to come to an agreement upon terms so that when these crimes against humanity occur they will be dealt with swiftly and harshly to ensure that everyone in the world is safe from horrible atrocity no matter where they call home.
It would be difficult for a single government to deal with some of these offenders especially if the crimes they commit are favorable to the advancement of the nation itself. This is when a higher power needs to step in and make sure awful situations such as the holocaust can never happen again. In some situations a government is unable to stop the crimes against humanity from occurring in their country and they need help. People like Joseph Kony, a man raising thousands of child soldiers in Africa, need to be stopped immediately. His technology is too far advanced for many of the poor African countries to contend with so other countries need to come in and help stop the violence.
Czech Republic feels that all nations should join together to stop crimes against humanity no matter who is committing them, even if they are being committed by governments themselves. These criminals have to stopped to not only create a better life for ourselves, but for every person all across the globe.
