International Criminal Law

This book examines how civil society engages with transitional justice in Russia, demonstrating a broad range of roles civil society can undertake ...

This book shows how international criminal courts have paid only limited and inconsistent attention to atrocity crimes affecting children.It elucid...

Founded by the late Otto Triffterer this leading commentary contains a detailed article-by-article analysis of the Rome Statute of the Internationa...

The most commonly cited justification for international criminal law is that it addresses crimes of such gravity that they shock the conscience of ...

The last decade has seen the unexpected re-emergence of hybrid and internationalised courts - institutions which operate with varying combinations ...

This book delves into the complexities of genocide as a legal concept, offering a fresh perspective by exploring the rights of groups to exist unde...

Organised crime covers a wide range of activities, including drug trafficking, illegal trafficking of people, and fraud. The existence of a land bo...

Transitional justice processes are now considered to be crucial steps in facilitating the move from conflict or repression to a secure democratic f...

Corruption is a globalising phenomenon. Not only is it rapidly expanding globally but, more significantly, its causes, its means and forms of perpe...

The book explores the prohibition and prosecution of hate speech in international law.  Building on the international legal framework, the invaluab...

This book marks the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Hostage Case in which a US military tribunal in Nuremberg acquitted General Lothar Rendulic of dev...

Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice examines the role of civil society in transitional justice, exploring the forms of civil societ...

This book presents a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study into the various goals assigned to international criminal trials. It starts from the ...

This book presents the argument that solution-driven policy and treaty changes, if faithfully implemented, will rekindle the relevance of the Inter...

This book provides an essential and critical overview of the most significant issues concerning the domestication of international criminal law, in...

Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law examines the permissibility of amnesties for serious crimes in the contemporary international order. ...

Winner of the 2019 Francis Lieber Prize Recognizing an Exceptional Published Book in the Field of the Law of Armed ConflictThis book examines how t...

International Law: Text, Cases and Materials provides not only an essential introduction to the core concepts and foundational principles of intern...

International Law: Text, Cases and Materials provides not only an essential introduction to the core concepts and foundational principles of intern...

This book engages the limits of transitional justice and, more speci

We have witnessed a digital revolution that affects the dynamics of existing traditional social, economic, political and legal systems. This revolu...

If Nigeria fails to prosecute the crimes recognised under the Rome Statute, then the International Criminal Court (ICC) will intervene. The ICC is ...

This book brings together transcripts of the round table discussions from the historic International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide and e...

This book provides a detailed analysis of one of the most prominent and widespread international phenomena to which criminal justice systems has be...

This book responds to the call for more research on transnational environmental crime and its governance by investigating the illegal trade in elec...

This book addresses the issue of the timing of transitional justice policies in countries that had negotiated transitions from authoritarianism to ...

Forced Mobility of EU Citizens is a critical evaluation from an empirical perspective of existing practices of the use of transnational criminal ju...

The adage 'ignorance of the law is no excuse' is significantly inaccurate. Ignorance and mistake of law do, under certain circumstances, exclude re...

This book analyses and evaluates the international efforts to ensure the fair and human treatment of persons in police custody. Respecting the dign...

Is it legal to kill, or capture and confine, someone in war? Is this relevant or wise to ask in the reality of war? What does 'legal' actually mean...

This monograph provides a practical and operational perspective to the question of how to lawfully employ autonomous weapon systems (AWS) from the ...

Never in history have crises surrounding free speech raged with greater ferocity than we are witnessing today. This is the worlds first book to gat...

In the era of globalisation, cross-border crimes are becoming increasingly common. The nature of these crimes is complex, and cross-border evidence...

This book critically analyzes the criminalization of incitement to terrorism under the fundamental principles of legality, necessity, and proportio...

In The Trial of Hissein Habré: The International Crimes of a Former Head of State, Emmanuel Guematcha recounts the trial of Hissein Habré, the form...

What are the premises unique to international criminal procedures that differentiate them from the domestic law of any State? International crimina...

Die vorliegende Neuauflage liefert einen umfassenden Einblick in das aktuelle Themenspektrum des Europäischen Strafrechts. Der komplexe Rechtsstoff...

This book offers a multidisciplinary examination of the international crimes committed in the Russia-Ukraine War, and the challenges of their prose...

This book offers a unique panoramic survey of the state of animal law in twenty-six countries and in the legal system of the European Union. The au...

The use of image-based evidence in international criminal prosecutions is at a tipping point. In his pioneering book on the topic, Jonathan W. Hak,...

Proving International Crimes elucidates how international criminal tribunals have tackled the immense and complex task of proving international cri...

The world has been shocked by the destruction of world cultural heritage sites over the past two decades, as seen in widely disseminated videos dep...

A gripping behind-the-scenes account of the dramatic legal fight to hold leaders personally responsible for aggressive warOn July 17, 2018, startin...

Das Werk setzt sich mit dem Verhältnis des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs (IStGH) zum VN-Sicherheitsrat (SR) auseinander. Dabei werden u.a. die ...

This book reveals the extent, types, investigation, enforcement and governance of international corruption. Providing a unique international covera...