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‘When a state decides it can’t win, it begins to punish civilians’ — An interview with former UN chief prosecutor David M. Crane

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‘When a state decides it can’t win, it begins to punish civilians’ — An interview with former UN chief prosecutor David M. Crane

Aaryaa Shinge | Government Law College Mumbai, IN

July 3, 2026 11:58:22 am

International criminal law has no crime that squarely covers the deliberate, large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure—a gap a recent white paper proposes to close by recognizing ‘Mass Destruction’ as a new crime against humanity. Its author, Professor David M. Crane, is the founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and an internationally [...]

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