200-word summary-"Punishing wrongdoers" (related to Arabic dictators)

 

Issue : Punishment

 

This house believes that punishing wrongdoers is fundamental to securing lasting peace.

 

Pin-Point SUMMARY

 

 

Prop.

 

**The long-running debate about whether seeking justice for grave international crimes interferes with prospects for peace has intensified as the possibility of leaders being brought to trial for serious human rights crimes has become more likely**

1.    With the advent of functioning international criminal tribunals and courts, the framework for the interface between peace and justice has changed.

A.    It is now generally recognised that international law obliges states to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

B.    International tribunals as well as national courts applying their own universal jurisdiction laws are likely to reject amnesties for the most serious human rights violations.

C.    Thus, immunity from prosecution is no longer a certainty for senior officials.

D.   At the same time, victims' expectations of justice have grown. .

2.    **Those bearing the greatest responsibility for atrocities have no interest in laying down their arms unless they can avoid criminal charges.**

 

Opp.

 

1.    In the long run, peace and justice go hand-in-hand in stable, democratic societies. The problem is how to achieve that good outcome in a country whose starting point is neither peaceful nor just. Creating the conditions for justice sometimes requires bargaining with wrongdoers in the short run to remove them as a stumbling block to peace.

2.    diplomats and commentators REALIZED that ICC indictments could SOLVE THE PROLBLEM OF LIBYA

3.    This trade-off between the urge to indict war criminals and the practical need to bargain with them is endemic in ongoing civil wars.

A.    Even after peace is achieved, pressure for indictments can risk renewed violence. Shortly after an internationally brokered peace accord gave amnesty under

B.    Macedonia&Albanian REBELS CASE(Example)

C.     humanitarian military interventions may fail to achieve victory or may leave the country in ungovernable chaos.

4.    In contrast, bargained transitions that provide amnesties can sometimes strengthen peace and justice.

A.    Example of Mozambique