Vespasien Pella
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Vespasien Pella was a Romania
n legal expert.
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In 1944 he was appointed Romanian Ambassador to Switzerland, and in that capacity saved some Romanian Jews from deportation to Nazi occupied Poland.
In 1948, he took part in formulating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/cppcg/cppcg.html.
He kept advocating the idea of establishing an international criminal court, and in 1950 presented his proposals to that effect to the International Law Commission
(UN document A/CN.4/39), which deliberated over the issue in its meetings of 5 to 6 July 1950.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n legal expert.
Legal career and opinions
During the interwar period, he promoted the notion of international criminal proceedings against heads of state found guilty of crimes against humanity, through the establishment of a special international tribunal for that purpose. In 1938 he served as President of the Committee on Legal Questions of the League of NationsLeague of Nations
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
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In 1944 he was appointed Romanian Ambassador to Switzerland, and in that capacity saved some Romanian Jews from deportation to Nazi occupied Poland.
In 1948, he took part in formulating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 as General Assembly Resolution 260. The Convention entered into force on 12 January 1951. It defines genocide in legal terms, and is the culmination of...
http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/cppcg/cppcg.html.
He kept advocating the idea of establishing an international criminal court, and in 1950 presented his proposals to that effect to the International Law Commission
International Law Commission
The International Law Commission was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 for the "promotion of the progressive development of international law and its codification."It holds an annual session at the United Nations Office at Geneva....
(UN document A/CN.4/39), which deliberated over the issue in its meetings of 5 to 6 July 1950.
Books
- La criminalité collective des états et le droit pénal de l'avenir, Bucarest : Imprimerie de l'état, 1925
- "Vers l'unification du droit pénal par la création d'un Institut international auprès de la Société des Nations", (1928) 3 Études Crimin. 49-56
- La Guerre-Crime et les Criminels de Guerre, Paris, 1946
- The International Association of Penal Law and the Safeguarding of Peace, Paris, 1947
Articles
- "Towards an International Criminal Court" American Journal of International Law, Vol. 44, 1950, p. 37