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Although there is near- universal condemnation of war crimes as a general rule, efforts at international cooperation in regulating and prosecuting violations of war crimes norms have been less successful. Almost half of the world's population lives outside the regime intended to regulate war crimes. Why such limits to cooperation exist? Justify your points. Who is responsible (and has the moral obligation) to protect civilians when serious human rights violations (such as genocide) are carried out by governments themselves or when factions within states grossly abuse other people or groups? Is it ok to intervene in the internal affairs of states (remember, most situations in which allegations of war crimes likely to occur are internal wars)? Should some measure of national sovereignty be surrendered to make the ICC effective? Which value is more important: national control over a country's citizens or justice for victims and perpetrators of war crimes when those two values come into conflict? Justify your points & provide examples.