Tadeusz Cyprian: Polish war crimes prosecutor and photographer

Are Crimes against Humanity More Serious than War Crimes?

This paper addresses the question of the relative gravity of crimes against humanity vis-à-vis war crimes. The issue is tackled from a double perspective. First, the categories of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes are compared at the general or legislative level. The analysis is mainly based on international treaties and other instruments that consider these crimes from the viewp...

War Crimes of Circumstance and Convenience

Professor Tadeusz Orłowski -- the founder of Polish nephrology.

285 It is by no means easy to characterize a person who devoted over 60 years of his life to patients, scientific research, education of medical per‐ sonnel, as well as social and organizational ac‐ tivities. Professor Tadeusz Orłowski – the son of Witold Orłowski, one of the greatest Polish spe‐ cialists in inter nal medicine – was born on Sep‐ tember 13, 1917 in Kazań. He studied at the under...

The Russian Approach: The Fight Against Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity

Despite some ambiguous periods in Russia’s history, its record in affirming the foundations of humanism in international relations is unquestionable. The new democratic Russia, which is faithful to traditions of humanism and mercy, is making strong efforts to defend victims of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The experience of the international community in combating genocide,...

Crimes of War, Crimes of Peace: Destruction of Libraries during and after the Balkan Wars of the 1990s

Just as the Cold War came to an unexpectedly peaceful end in 1991, a series of wars engulfed the former Yugoslavia. The Balkan wars brought about the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the forced dislocation of millions more, singled out for persecution because of their ethnic and religious identity. The violence against human beings was accompanied by the systematic destruction of t...