Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
On February 19, 1986, the United States Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide [Genocide Convention].1 President Reagan, who has long urged approval of the Genocide Convention, recently signed the Genocide Convention into law.' These developments augur well for the future of international criminal law. This commentary examines the history of international penal law instruments and analyzes efforts by the world community to create an international penal code. The commentary will also discuss the arguments against such a code, which may have contributed to the thirty-seven year delay in approval by the Senate of the Genocide Convention.
Recommended Citation
Mueller, Gerhard O.W., "Four Decades After Nuremberg: The Prospect of an International Criminal Code" (1987). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 21.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/21
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