Global Justice With Special Reference To Crimes Against Humanity, Cyberwarfare And Utilitarianism
- IJLLR Journal
- Feb 15
- 1 min read
Deekshitha Preeth Jayaram, LLM, (Cyber Law and Cyber Security), School of Law, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
Mohammed Shahzad, Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
ABSTRACT
This paper assesses major aspects in the realm of global justice and crimes against humanity in the contemporary era of tech-revolution. Firstly, there is an increase in the use of modern computer technologies in violation of international humanitarian laws for perpetrating crimes against humanity. The author observes this trend by studying the case of the Israel-Palestine war and its developments. Secondly, there is an increasing haste towards establishing ‘narratives’, especially to garner support in the international community, which seemingly helps perpetrators of crimes against humanity to defend their actions as ‘justified’. Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1998, punishes perpetrators of crimes against humanity, but the provision has proven to be weak against nations with powerful economies or countries having strong ties with them. Literature has shown conclusively that social networking platforms play a major role in promoting these narratives that aim at painting a good picture of perpetrators of crimes against humanity. Further, this paper attempts to take a modern globalized perspective on the utilitarianism theory debate between Bentham and Mills with respect to why a particular group of people is willing to go even to the extent of exterminating another to maximise their happiness and economic requisites. The author contends that there is a need to strengthen the implementation of international humanitarian law to prevent the use of cyber attacks as a tool in committing crimes against humanity.
