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- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Brief contents
- Contents
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Table of International Cases
- Table of National Cases
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Abbreviations of Book Titles
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Introduction: What is International Criminal Law?
- 1.1 Meaning of International Criminal Law
- 1.1.1 Crimes Within the Jurisdiction of an International Court or Tribunal
- 1.2 Other Concepts of International Criminal Law
- 1.2.1 Transnational Criminal Law
- 1.2.2 International Criminal Law as a Set of Rules to Protect the Values of the International Order
- 1.2.3 Involvement of a State
- 1.2.4 Crimes Created by International Law
- 1.3 Sources of International Criminal Law
- 1.3.1 Treaties
- 1.3.2 Customary International Law
- 1.3.3 General Principles of Law and Subsidiary Means of Determining the Law
- 1.3.4 ‘SOFT’ INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
- 1.4 International Criminal Law and Other Areas of Law
- 1.4.1 International Criminal Law and Human Rights Law
- 1.4.2 International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law
- 1.4.3 International Criminal Law and State Responsibility
- 1.5 A Body of Criminal Law
- 1.5.1 Nullum Crimen Sine Lege
- 1.5.2 Nulla Poena Sine Lege
- 1.6 International Criminal Law and Philosophy
- 1.6.1 International Criminal Law and the Philosophy of International Law
- 1.6.2 International Criminal Law and the Philosophy of Criminal Law
- 1.6.3 A Separate(?) Philosophy of International Criminal Law
- Further Reading
- 2 The Aims, Objectives and Justifications of International Criminal Law
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 What International Criminal Justice is For
- 2.2.1 Retribution
- 2.2.2 Deterrence
- 2.2.3 Incapacitation
- 2.2.4 Rehabilitation
- 2.2.5 Denunciation/Education
- 2.3 Broader Goals
- 2.3.1 Vindicating the Rights of Victims
- 2.3.2 Recording History
- 2.3.3 Post-Conflict Reconciliation
- 2.3.4 Further Asserted Benefits of International Trials
- 2.4 Other Critiques of Criminal Accountability
- Further Reading
- Part II Prosecutions in National Courts
- 3 Jurisdiction
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Forms of Jurisdiction
- 3.2.1 Legislative Jurisdiction
- 3.2.2 Adjudicative Jurisdiction
- 3.2.3 Executive Jurisdiction
- 3.3 Conceptual Matters
- 3.3.1 Question of Proof
- 3.3.2 Treaties and Jurisdiction
- 3.4 ‘Traditional’ Heads of Jurisdiction
- 3.4.1 Territoriality Principle
- 3.4.2 Nationality Principle
- 3.4.3 Passive Personality Principle
- 3.4.4 Protective Principle
- 3.5 Universal Jurisdiction
- 3.5.1 Introduction
- 3.5.2 Approaches to Universal Jurisdiction
- 3.5.3 Rise of Universal Jurisdiction
- 3.5.4 Retrenchment of Universal Jurisdiction?
- 3.5.5 Universal Jurisdiction’s Practical Problems
- 3.5.6 Policy-based/Political Criticisms of Universal Jurisdiction
- Further Reading
- 4 National Prosecutions of International Crimes
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 National Prosecutions
- 4.3 State Obligations to Prosecute or Extradite
- 4.3.1 Treaty Obligations
- 4.3.2 Human Rights Law Obligations
- 4.3.3 Customary Obligations and Jus Cogens Arguments
- 4.4 Domestic Criminal Law and Criminal Jurisdiction
- 4.4.1 Domestic Legislation
- 4.4.2 ICC as a Catalyst for Domestic Legislation
- 4.4.3 Impact of Domestic and International Case Law
- 4.5 Statutory Limitations
- 4.6 Non-Retroactivity Principle
- 4.7 Ne Bis in Idem or Double Jeopardy
- 4.7.1 Application Between States
- 4.7.2 Application Vis-à-vis International Criminal Jurisdictions
- 4.8 Practical Obstacles to National Prosecutions
- Further Reading
- 5 State Cooperation with Respect to National Proceedings
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 International Agreements and Other Bases of Cooperation
- 5.3 Some Basic Features
- 5.3.1 Traditional Assistance and ‘Mutual Recognition’
- 5.3.2 Double Criminality, Rule of Specialty, and Statutory Limitations
- 5.3.3 Ne Bis in Idem or Double Jeopardy
- 5.3.4 Human Rights and Legal Cooperation
- 5.4 Extradition
- 5.4.1 Extradition Agreements and the European Arrest Warrant
- 5.4.2 Extradition Procedures
- 5.4.3 Extraditable and Non-extraditable Offences
- 5.4.4 Non-extradition of Nationals
- 5.4.5 Death Penalty, Life Imprisonment, and Other Human Rights Grounds
- 5.4.6 Re-extradition
- 5.4.7 Abduction, Rendition or Expulsion
- 5.5 Mutual Legal Assistance
- 5.6 Transfer of Proceedings
- 5.7 Enforcement of Penalties
- Further Reading
- Part III International Prosecution
- 6 The History of International Criminal Prosecutions: Nuremberg and Tokyo
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Commission on the Responsibility of the Authors of the War
- 6.3 Nuremberg International Military Tribunal
- 6.3.1 Creation of the Tribunal
- 6.3.2 The Tribunal and the Trial
- 6.3.3 Assessment of the Nuremberg IMT
- 6.4 Tokyo International Military Tribunal
- 6.4.1 Creation of the Tribunal
- 6.4.2 The Tribunal and the Trial
- 6.4.3 Assessment of the Tribunal
- 6.5 Control Council Law No. 10 Trials and Military Commissions in the Pacific Sphere
- Further Reading
- 7 The Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- 7.2.1 Creation of the ICTY
- 7.2.2 Structure of the ICTY
- 7.2.3 Jurisdiction of the ICTY and Its Relationship to National Courts
- 7.2.4 Milestones in the Practice of the ICTY
- 7.2.5 Appraisal of the ICTY
- 7.3 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- 7.3.1 Creation of the ICTR
- 7.3.2 Structure of the ICTR
- 7.3.3 Jurisdiction of the ICTR and its Relationship to National Courts
- 7.3.4 Practice of the ICTR
- 7.3.5 Appraisal of the ICTR
- Further Reading
- 8 The International Criminal Court
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Creation of the ICC
- 8.3 Structure and Composition of the ICC
- 8.4 Crimes Within the Jurisdiction of the ICC
- 8.5 Jurisdiction
- 8.5.1 Personal and Territorial Jurisdiction
- 8.5.2 Temporal Jurisdiction
- 8.5.3 Persons Over the Age of Eighteen
- 8.6 How the Court Works: An Overview
- 8.6.1 ‘Trigger Mechanisms’: Initiating Proceedings
- 8.6.2 Deferral by the Security Council: Article 16
- 8.6.3 Preliminary Examination, Investigation and Prosecution
- 8.7 Complementarity
- 8.7.1 First Step: Are There Proceedings at the National Level?
- 8.7.2 Second Step: Unwillingness or Inability to Carry Out Proceedings Genuinely
- 8.7.3 What is a ‘Case’?
- 8.7.4 Encouraging National Proceedings
- 8.8 Gravity
- 8.9 Interests of Justice
- 8.10 Cooperation
- 8.11 Opposition to the ICC
- 8.11.1 United States
- 8.11.2 African Union
- 8.12 Appraisal
- Further Reading
- 9 Other Hybrid and Special Courts
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Courts Established by Agreement Between a State and an International Organization or Between Sta
- 9.2.1 Special Court for Sierra Leone and Residual Special Court
- 9.2.2 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- 9.2.3 Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- 9.2.4 Extraordinary African Chambers
- 9.2.5 African Criminal Court: Towards a Regional Jurisdiction
- 9.3 Courts Established by International Administration
- 9.3.1 Special Panels for Serious Crimes in Kosovo and East Timor
- 9.3.2 War Crimes Chamber in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 9.4 Courts Established by a State with International Support
- 9.4.1 Iraqi High Tribunal
- 9.4.2 War Crimes Departments in Serbia
- 9.4.3 Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office
- 9.4.4 Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic
- 9.5 Relationship with the ICC
- 9.6 Concluding Remarks
- Further Reading
- Part IV Substantive Law of International Crimes
- 10 Genocide
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.1.1 Overview
- 10.1.2 Historical Development
- 10.1.3 Relationship to Crimes Against Humanity
- 10.1.4 Nature of Genocide
- 10.2 Protected Groups
- 10.2.1 National, Ethnical, Racial and Religious Groups
- 10.2.2 Identifying the Group and its Members
- 10.3 Material Elements
- 10.3.1 Prohibited Acts
- 10.3.2 ‘Contextual Element’
- 10.4 Mental Elements
- 10.4.1 Intent
- 10.4.2 ‘To destroy’
- 10.4.3 ‘In whole or in part’
- 10.4.4 ‘As such’
- 10.5 Other Modes of Participation
- Further Reading
- 11 Crimes Against Humanity
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.1.1 Overview
- 11.1.2 Historical Development
- 11.1.3 Relationship to Other Crimes
- 11.2 Common Elements (Contextual Threshold)
- 11.2.1 Aspects Not Required
- 11.2.2 Widespread or Systematic
- 11.2.3 Attack
- 11.2.4 Any Civilian Population
- 11.2.5 Link Between the Accused and the Attack
- 11.2.6 Awareness of Context
- 11.3 Prohibited Acts
- 11.3.1 List of Prohibited Acts
- 11.3.2 Murder
- 11.3.3 Extermination
- 11.3.4 Enslavement
- 11.3.5 Deportation or Forcible Transfer
- 11.3.6 Imprisonment
- 11.3.7 Torture
- 11.3.8 Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Violence
- 11.3.9 Persecution
- 11.3.10 Enforced Disappearance
- 11.3.11 Apartheid
- 11.3.12 Other Inhumane Acts
- Further Reading
- 12 War Crimes
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.1.1 Overview
- 12.1.2 A Brief History of Humanitarian Law
- 12.1.3 Key Principles of Humanitarian Law
- 12.1.4 The Challenge of Regulating Warfare
- 12.1.5 Relationship Between War Crimes and IHL
- 12.1.6 Evolution of War Crimes Law
- 12.1.7 War Crimes in Internal Armed Conflicts
- 12.2 Common Issues
- 12.2.1 Armed Conflict
- 12.2.2 Distinguishing Between International and Internal Conflicts
- 12.2.3 Distinguishing Internal Conflict from Riots and Disturbances
- 12.2.4 Nexus Between Conduct and Conflict
- 12.2.5 Perpetrator
- 12.2.6 Victim or Object of the Crime
- 12.2.7 ‘Jurisdictional’ Threshold in the ICC Statute
- 12.3 Specific Offences
- 12.3.1 Lists of War Crimes in the Statutes of the Tribunals and the ICC
- 12.3.2 Crimes Against Non-combatants
- 12.3.3 Attacks on Prohibited Targets (Principle of Distinction)
- 12.3.4 Attacks Inflicting Excessive Civilian Damage
- 12.3.5 War Crimes Against Property
- 12.3.6 Prohibited Means of Warfare (Weapons)
- 12.3.7 Prohibited Methods of Warfare
- 12.3.8 War Crime Provisions Protecting Other Values
- Further Reading
- 13 Aggression
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.1.1 Overview
- 13.1.2 Historical Development
- 13.1.3 Definition in the ICC Statute
- 13.1.4 Relationship to Other Crimes
- 13.2 Material Elements
- 13.2.1 Perpetrators
- 13.2.2 Planning, Preparation, Initiation or Execution
- 13.2.3 Act of Aggression
- 13.2.4 ‘A Manifest Violation of the UN Charter’
- 13.3 Mental Elements
- 13.4 Prosecution of Aggression in the ICC
- 13.4.1 Jurisdiction of the ICC
- 13.4.2 The Role of the Security Council
- 13.4.3 Implications of the Prosecution of Aggression Before the ICC
- Further Reading
- 14 Transnational Crimes, Terrorism and Torture
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.1.1 Overview
- 14.1.2 International Suppression Conventions
- 14.2 Terrorism
- 14.2.1 Introduction
- 14.2.2 Development of International Cooperation Against Terrorism
- 14.2.3 Definition of Terrorism
- 14.2.4 Prosecution and Other National Measures
- 14.2.5 Terrorism as an International Crime
- 14.3 Torture
- 14.3.1 Introduction
- 14.3.2 UN Convention Against Torture
- 14.3.3 Prosecution and Other National Measures
- 14.3.4 Torture as an International Crime
- Further Reading
- 15 General Principles of Liability
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Perpetration/Commission
- 15.2.1 Joint Criminal Enterprise
- 15.2.2 Co-perpetration
- 15.2.3 Indirect Perpetration/Perpetration Through Another Person
- 15.2.4 Indirect Co-perpetration
- 15.3 Aiding and Abetting
- 15.4 Ordering, Instigating, Soliciting, Inducing and Inciting
- 15.4.1 Ordering
- 15.4.2 Instigating, Soliciting, Inducing and Inciting
- 15.5 Planning, Preparation, Attempt and Conspiracy
- 15.5.1 Planning and Preparing
- 15.5.2 Attempt
- 15.5.3 Conspiracy
- 15.6 Mental Elements
- 15.7 Command/Superior Responsibility
- 15.7.1 Superior/Subordinate Relationship
- 15.7.2 Mental Element
- 15.7.3 Failure to Take Measures
- 15.7.4 Causation
- 15.7.5 Nature of Superior Responsibility
- Further Reading
- 16 Defences/Grounds for Excluding Criminal Responsibility
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.1.1 Types of Defences
- 16.2 ICC Statute and Defences
- 16.3 Mental Incapacity
- 16.4 Intoxication
- 16.4.1 Voluntary and Involuntary Intoxication
- 16.4.2 Destruction of Capacity
- 16.4.3 A Complete Defence
- 16.5 Self-Defence, Defence of Others and of Property
- 16.5.1 Imminent, Unlawful Use of Force
- 16.5.2 Reasonable and Proportionate Response
- 16.6 Duress and Necessity
- 16.6.1 Imminent Threat Beyond the Control of the Accused
- 16.6.2 Necessary and Reasonable Actions
- 16.6.3 Causation
- 16.6.4 Mental Element
- 16.7 Mistake of Fact and Law
- 16.7.1 Mistake of Fact
- 16.7.2 Mistake of Law
- 16.8 Superior Orders
- 16.8.1 Obligation to Obey
- 16.8.2 Knowledge of Unlawfulness
- 16.8.3 Manifest Illegality
- 16.8.4 Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
- 16.8.5 Relationship of Superior Orders to Other Defences
- 16.9 Other Defences
- 16.9.1 Consent
- 16.9.2 Reprisals
- 16.9.3 Military Necessity
- Further Reading
- Part V International Criminal Procedure and Sentencing
- 17 International Criminal Procedure
- 17.1 General Issues
- 17.1.1 Legal Traditions
- 17.1.2 International Models
- 17.2 Actors
- 17.2.1 Judges
- 17.2.2 Prosecutor
- 17.2.3 Defence
- 17.2.4 Victims and Witnesses
- 17.2.5 States and International Organizations
- 17.3 Rights
- 17.3.1 Standards
- 17.3.2 Independence and Impartiality
- 17.3.3 Presumption of Innocence
- 17.3.4 Public, Fair and Expeditious Proceedings
- 17.4 Jurisdiction and Admissibility Procedures
- 17.5 Investigation
- 17.5.1 Initiation
- 17.5.2 Conduct
- 17.6 Coercive Measures
- 17.6.1 Arrest and Detention
- 17.6.2 Remedying Violations
- 17.7 Prosecution
- 17.7.1 Decision to Prosecute
- 17.7.2 Indictment and Charges
- 17.8 Pre-Trial Process
- 17.8.1 First Appearance and Confirmation of Charges
- 17.8.2 Preparation for Trial
- 17.8.3 Disclosure of Evidence
- 17.9 Evidentiary Rules
- 17.10 Guilty Plea and Admission of Guilt
- 17.11 Trial Stage
- 17.12 Appeals and Review
- 17.12.1 Appeal Against Judgment and Sentence
- 17.12.2 Interlocutory Appeals
- 17.12.3 Review and Revision
- 17.13 Offences Against the Administration of Justice
- 17.14 Concluding Remarks
- Further Reading
- 18 Victims in the International Criminal Process
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Victims and International Criminal Justice
- 18.3 Definition of Victims
- 18.4 Protection of Victims and Witnesses
- 18.5 Victim Participation at the ICC
- 18.5.1 Purposes of Participation
- 18.5.2 Conditions for Participation
- 18.5.3 Legal Representation
- 18.5.4 Participation in Different Procedural Stages
- 18.6 Reparations to Victims
- 18.7 An Assessment
- Further Reading
- 19 Punishment and Sentencing
- 19.1 International Penal Regime
- 19.2 Purposes of Punishment
- 19.3 Sentencing Practice
- 19.3.1 General Approach
- 19.3.2 Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances
- 19.3.3 Cumulative or Joint Sentences
- 19.4 Sentencing Procedures
- 19.5 Pardon, Early Release and Review of Sentence
- 19.6 Enforcement
- Further Reading
- Part VI Relationship Between National and International Systems
- 20 State Cooperation with the International Courts and Tribunals
- 20.1 Nature of the Cooperation Regimes
- 20.2 Obligation to Cooperate
- 20.2.1 States
- 20.2.2 Conflicting Obligations
- 20.2.3 Individuals
- 20.3 Non-States Parties, International Organizations and Other Entities
- 20.4 Authority to Seek Cooperation and Rights of Parties
- 20.5 Arrest and Surrender
- 20.6 Other Forms of Legal Assistance
- 20.6.1 Grounds for Refusal
- 20.6.2 National Security Objections
- 20.6.3 On-site Investigations and Trials
- 20.6.4 Assistance Regarding Coercive Measures
- 20.7 Domestic Implementation
- 20.8 Non-Compliance and Enforcement
- 20.9 Cooperation and Complementarity
- 20.10 Concluding Remarks
- Further Reading
- 21 Immunities
- 21.1 Introduction
- 21.1.1 Overview
- 21.1.2 Functional and Personal Immunity
- 21.1.3 Examples of Immunities
- 21.1.4 Underlying Rationales and Values
- 21.2 Functional Immunity and Its Limits
- 21.2.1 The Pinochet Precedent
- 21.2.2 Other Authorities: No Functional Immunity for Core Crimes?
- 21.3 Personal Immunity: No Exception Based on the Crimes Alleged
- 21.3.1 State Practice and Jurisprudence
- 21.3.2 The Arrest Warrant decision
- 21.4 Personal Immunity: Inroads in International Courts
- 21.4.1 Security Council Decisions and the International Tribunals
- 21.4.2 Relinquishment Directly to the ICC
- 21.4.3 Security Council Referrals and the ICC
- 21.4.4 The Taylor Theory: Is Personal Immunity Irrelevant Before International Courts?
- 21.5 Conclusion
- Further Reading
- 22 Alternatives and Complements to Criminal Prosecution
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 Amnesties
- 22.2.1 International Law and Amnesties
- 22.2.2 ICC and Amnesties
- 22.2.3 Domestic Jurisdictions and Amnesties
- 22.2.4 Appraisal of Amnesties
- 22.3 Truth Commissions
- 22.4 Lustration
- 22.5 Reparations and Civil Claims
- 22.6 Local Justice Mechanisms
- Further Reading
- 23 The Future of International Criminal Law
- 23.1 Introduction
- 23.2 International Courts and Tribunals
- 23.3 National Prosecutions of International Crimes
- 23.4 Engraining a Commitment to Accountability
- 23.5 Evolution of Substantive International Criminal Law
- 23.6 The Path Forward (Or Back?)
- Index
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