Title

Why the International Court Should Have Jurisdiction Over Slavery

Authors

James G. Wilson, Cleveland State University

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2001

Publication Title

Effective Strategies for Protecting Human Rights: Economic Sanctions, Use of National Courts and International for a and Coercive Power

Abstract

The recently created International Criminal Court should interpert its statute to establish jurisdiction over all existing forms of slavery. If the Court refuses to construe the new law in this way, the international community should amend the statute to include all forms of "involuntary servitude" except military conscription and criminal incarceration pursuant to legitimate due process.

ISBN

754622010

Repository Citation

James G. Wilson, Why the International Court Should Have Jurisdiction Over Slavery, in Effective Strategies for Protecting Human Rights: Economic Sanctions, Use of National Courts and International fora and Coercive Power 175-186 (D. Barnhizer ed., Ashgate Press 2001)