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AuthorJuan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo
ProfessionMedalla de Oro de Cruz Roja Española. Profesor Emérito de la Universidad de Sevilla (España)
Pages11-14

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El Derecho Internacional Humanitario ha experimentado indudables progresos tanto en el plano institucional como en el sustantivo.

En el primero, la aparición de Tribunales penales internacionales ad hoc y de la Corte Penal Internacional constituyen importantes hitos y progresos. Por otra parte, es innegable la progresiva implicación del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas en la aplicación del Derecho Internacional Humanitario, hecho sin duda positivo a pesar de su criticable carácter selectivo, inherente a la naturaleza política del órgano al que la Carta de las Naciones Unidas confiere la responsabilidad primordial en orden al mantenimiento de la paz y seguridad internacionales.

Del mismo modo, en el plano sustantivo es innegable la tendencia hacia la unificación del régimen jurídico aplicable tanto a los conflictos armados de carácter internacional como a los conflictos armados sin carácter internacional, confirmada por el Estatuto de la Corte Penal Internacional y la jurisprudencia de la Corte Internacional de Justicia y de los Tribunales Penales Internacionales ad hoc.

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No obstante, es igualmente cierto el hecho de las violaciones –muchas veces sistemáticas y brutales– de los principios y normas del Derecho Internacional Humanitario y del Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos en los conflictos armados que se desarrollan en el interior de Estados, lo que suscita la pregunta...

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