...International Law Commission Jurisdiction of states, universality principle Jurisdiction of states, passive personality principle Jurisdiction of states, conflicts Jurisdiction of states, extra-territorial Erga omnes obligations Diplomatic protection Crimes against humanity War crimes...

... principle, before analysing decisions dealing with substantive international criminal law as applied and interpreted in domestic courts. The discussion focuses on the core crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes as defined in the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It also...

...International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia International criminal law, conduct of proceedings War crimes * Prepared by S. Vasiliev on behalf and with the input of other co-editors. Sincere thanks are owed to Kelly Pitcher and Gaetano...

... information available in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide cases — from analogue newspapers, radio broadcasts, and government reports to social media postings and other digital content from the Internet. Thus, the chapter explores how the attitude of international judges has shifted...

...International Criminal Court European Court of Human Rights War crimes Armed conflict, international Murder Torture Rape and sexual violence Violations of the laws or customs of war Armed conflict Key Casualty Data For 2013 Civilians killed: at least 2 (Source: media...

... Generally, the Türkel Commission distinguishes between the duty to examine and the duty to investigate. It states that there is a general duty to broadly examine all suspected violations of IHL. And there is an additional duty to investigate certain ‘war crimes...

...This chapter examines the concept of war crime that may be understood in both a broad and a narrow sense. In a broad sense, it encompasses all criminal acts committed in a war or an armed conflict, notwithstanding their character as war crimes in a narrow sense or other international crimes...

...International Criminal Court International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Peace treaties Armed conflict, non-international Crimes against humanity Genocide War crimes Individual criminal responsibility Prosecution Acquaviva, G...

...Mens rea Crimes against humanity Genocide War crimes Alamuddin, A. and Webb, P. , ‘ Expanding Jurisdiction over War Crimes under Article 8 of the ICC Statute ’, JICJ , 8 ( 2010 ), 1219–43; Ahlbrecht, H. , Geschichte der völkerrechtlichen Strafgerichtsbarkeit im 20...

...This chapter looks at how genocide overlaps with other international crimes. It argues that genocide is characterized by a number of important definitional features, which set it apart from other international core crimes. Unlike war crimes and crimes against humanity, the primary focus of its...

... Additional Protocols, rules of customary law, international criminal law, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It covers the concept of a belligerent reprisal and its conditions for lawful exercise under general international law. Armed conflict, international War crimes Geneva...

...This chapter tackles international criminal law, which governs the criminal responsibility of individuals for the perpetration of international crimes. War crimes primarily comprise serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) that are executed in relation to an armed conflict...

...Aliens, treatment Stateless persons Detention War crimes Geneva Conventions 1949 Armed conflict, international Protected persons and property Belligerence Reprisals Conduct of hostilities A. Introduction   9.1 B. Rules Applicable to All Civilians in the Hands of a Party...

...International Committee of the Red Cross United Nations International Criminal Court Individual criminal responsibility War crimes Duress Superior orders Geneva Conventions 1949 Care for the sick and wounded Prisoners of war A. Introduction   16.1 Means of Enforcement   16.1...

... Act 1940 4.9.6 War Crimes Act 199116.30.2 Statutory Instruments Air Navigation Order 2000 (SI 2000/1562 12.4,12.10,12.10.2 Sch2, Part A 12.4 Tables ofLegislation xix Prisoner of War Determination of Status Regulations 1958 8.21 Prisoners of War (Discipline) Regulations 19588.62,16.30.2,16.49.1 reg...

... in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2002); L Perna, The Formation of the Treaty Law of Non-International Armed Con icts (Martinus Nijhoff, 2006); E La Haye, War Crimes in Internal Armed Con icts (Cambridge University Press, 2008); A Cullen, The Concept of Non-International Armed Con ict...

...’. Deliberate killing or wounding of military and civilian medical and religious personnel entitled to protection under IHL (i.e., not committing acts harmful to the enemy) would amount to a war crime. War crimes Armed conflict Geneva Conventions 1949 Geneva Conventions 1949 Additional Protocol 1 Geneva...