INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: A BRIEF EVOLUTION OF THE WARS IN THE CENTURIES AND THE CONFLICTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ

Abstract

The work was developed within the theme of International Criminal Law in the XXI century. The research was based on several internationally renowned authors and articles in electronic media. The objective of the article is to show it within the current context, based on the battles of past centuries. The definitions of war were briefly addressed, based on Clausewitz. Elucidating the historical evolution of war through the centuries. The origin of the International Criminal Court (ICC), its relationship with Public International Law and International Criminal Law were explained. The ICC was related to the advent of terrorism and with a greater emphasis on the existing conflicts in Iraq and Syria, citing what generated this conflict and its main relations with the ICC.