In 2017 the International Law Commission adopted 15 Draft Articles, a Draft Preamble, and a Draft Annex on Mutual Legal Assistance, comprising the nucleus of what might someday become a new global treaty on crimes against humanity. This essay examines the history of the ILC Draft and analyzes several of its major provisions in light of the existing corpus of international criminal law as well as the work of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative that preceded it. The essay concludes that the ILC Draft provides an excellent point of departure for the negotiation of a new treaty on crimes against humanity. It incorporates many elements of the Rome Statute, such as the definition of crimes against humanity, and solidifies the obligations of States to prevent and punish crimes against humanity. It also builds upon modern UN conventions on corruption and transnational organized crime to construct a robust model for interstate cooperation, and has other progressive and positive elements. At the same time, the Commission’s work could be enhanced and the new treaty made more robust by addressing certain deficiencies in the draft, many of which would either reinforce the jus cogens nature of the crime or enhance the preventive regime the Draft seeks to bring into existence.

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国际法委员会 2017 年新的反人类罪全球条约条款草案的背景和历史分析

2017 年，国际法委员会通过了关于司法协助的 15 项条款草案、序言草案和附件草案，这些草案构成了有朝一日可能成为一项新的全球危害人类罪条约的核心。本文回顾了国际法委员会草案的历史，并根据现有的国际刑法语料库以及在此之前的反人类罪行倡议的工作，分析了其中的几个主要条款。本文的结论是，国际法委员会草案为谈判一项关于危害人类罪的新条约提供了一个极好的出发点。它包含了《罗马规约》的许多要素，例如危害人类罪的定义，并巩固了各国预防和惩治危害人类罪的义务。它还以现代联合国关于腐败和跨国有组织犯罪的公约为基础，构建了一个强大的国家间合作模式，并具有其他进步和积极的元素。与此同时，可以通过解决草案中的某些缺陷来加强委员会的工作并使新条约更加有力，其中许多缺陷将加强该罪行的强行法性质或加强草案试图纳入的预防制度存在。