""Crimes against humanity" has become integral to contemporary political and legal discourse. The conceptual core of the term - an act offending against all of mankind -, however, runs deep in the history in international political thought. In an original excavation of this hist…
""Crimes against humanity" has become integral to contemporary political and legal discourse. The conceptual core of the term - an act offending against all of mankind -, however, runs deep in the history in international political thought. In an original excavation of this hist…
There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of undermining national sovereignty and domestic attempts to resolve armed conflict. Here, based o…
Introduction: The warlord in the forecourt -- Court between two poles : conceptualising 'complementarity' and 'distance' -- Who pulls the strings? The ICC's relations with states -- In whose name? The ICC's relations with affected communities -- When courts collide : the ICC and…
There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of undermining national sovereignty and domestic attempts to resolve armed conflict. Here, based o…
There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of undermining national sovereignty and domestic attempts to resolve armed conflict. Here, based o…
"Judge Mettraux's four-volume compendium, International Crimes: Law and Practice, will provide the most detailed and authoritative account to-date of the law of international crimes. It is a scholarly tour de force providing a unique blend of academic rigour and an insight into …
Judge Mettraux's four-volume compendium, 'International Crimes: Law and Practice', will provide a detailed and authoritative account of the law of international crimes. It provides a unique blend of academic rigour and an insight into the practice of international criminal law. …
Individual responsibility and collective state responsibility for international crimes : separate or complementary concepts under international law? / Joachim Wolf -- Customary international law as a basis of an individual criminal responsibility / Wladyslaw Czaplinski -- Immuni…