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The Applicability of “Grievous Religious Persecution” in International Criminal Law: Response to Werner Nicolaas Nel

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Swansea University Author: Michelle Coleman Orcid Logo

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In the 10 March 2021 post “In Pursuit of Criminal Accountability for ‘Grievous Religious Persecution’” Werner Nicolaas Nel argues for a new international crime to provide greater accountability for religious persecution. This new crime builds on the definition of the crime of religious persecution a...

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Published: Talk About: Law and Religion 2021
Online Access: https://talkabout.iclrs.org/2021/04/13/the-applicability-of-grievous-religious-persecution-in-international-criminal-law-response-to-werner-nicolaas-nel/
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63112
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Abstract: In the 10 March 2021 post “In Pursuit of Criminal Accountability for ‘Grievous Religious Persecution’” Werner Nicolaas Nel argues for a new international crime to provide greater accountability for religious persecution. This new crime builds on the definition of the crime of religious persecution as a crime against humanity under Article 7(1)(h) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This blog post argues that the existing formulation of religious persecution found in the Rome Statute is adequate and the perceived lack of prosecution of cases involving religious persecution is more easily attributable to the jurisdictional issues, policy, and resources of the International Criminal Court.
Keywords: religion, persecution, international criminal law
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences