Methods of appealing the penalties imposed on perpetrators of crimes against humanity

Abstract

Crime against humanity is considered one of the most dangerous international crimes that prevail in the international community at the present time, as it is considered a relatively recent crime, and because its concept was confined to religious, philosophical and moral frameworks, and legal thought only recently rose to it when it was drawn to it by the atrocities committed in many wars. Such as World War I and World War II, and the massacres that followed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia.

The crime against humanity also represents an international crime, as the illegal behavior that constitutes that crime harms the international interest protected by international criminal law, unlike a national crime that does not affect international interests that the international community is keen to protect.

From this standpoint, in our research we study the methods of appealing the sentences issued against perpetrators of crimes against humanity, explain the procedures for appealing the appeal, and the effects resulting from the appeal.