How far have we come in laying the foundations for a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity? The co-editors of this symposium conclude that solid groundwork has been laid and hope that the current momentum will be maintained. At the same time, they caution against a ‘rush to conclusion’ as they see room for considerable refinement of many of the proposed provisions as well as the need for a genuine attempt to address the unresolved questions of immunity ratione materiae and amnesty. At this juncture, it is not easy to predict whether a meaningful new draft convention can be presented without further deepening the divide among states about international criminal justice. But it can safely be stated that every additional investment in intellectual energy and time to arrive at the formulation of such a draft is worthy of the effort. The adoption of a Convention on Crimes Against Humanity and preferably one that also updates the Genocide Convention would mark another milestone in the evolution of the international criminal justice system.

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为反人类罪公约奠定基础

我们在为《防止和惩治危害人类罪公约》奠定基础方面取得了多大进展？本次研讨会的共同编辑得出结论，已经奠定了坚实的基础，并希望保持目前的势头。同时，他们告诫不要“仓促下结论”，因为他们认为许多拟议条款有相当大的改进空间，并且需要真正尝试解决属事豁免和大赦等未解决的问题。在这个时刻，很难预测是否能够在不进一步加深各国之间关于国际刑事司法的分歧的情况下提出一项有意义的新公约草案。但可以肯定地说，为制定这样的草案而在智力和时间上的每一次额外投资都是值得的。通过一项《危害人类罪公约》，最好是同时更新《灭绝种族罪公约》的公约，将标志着国际刑事司法系统发展的又一个里程碑。