Public international law: criminal law

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

When a perpetrator of an international crime argues in his defence that he did not realise that he had violated the law, is this a reason not to punish him?

This book aims to investigate whether, and if so, how, an institution designed to bring to justice perpetrators of the most heinous crimes can be regarded a tool of oppression in a (neo-)colonial sense.

Criminal Law: Historical, Ethical, and Moral Foundations, 3rd edition, blends legal and moral reasoning in the examination of crimes and explores the history relating to jurisprudence and roots of criminal law.

This multidisciplinary volume investigates the challenge of attaining legitimacy by international criminal courts and tribunals.

Thema der Untersuchung ist die praxisrelevante Frage nach der Existenz und Reichweite einer sanktionsrechtlichen Haftung im Konzern.

The present book brings together perspectives from different disciplinary fields to examine the significant legal, moral and political issues which arise in relation to the use of lethal force in both domestic and international law.

Despite the growth in international criminal courts and tribunals, the majority of cases concerning international criminal law are prosecuted at the domestic level.

This book provides a unique analysis of prisons and the violence at work inside them.

This new text provides practical guidance on the modern law relating to cultural objects which have been stolen, looted or illegally exported.

Although sexual violence directed at both females and males is a reality in many on-going conflicts throughout the world today, accountability for the perpetrators of such violence remains the exception rather than the rule.

A human rights analysis of international efforts to confiscate wealth in grand corruption cases that focuses on protections for property.

This book examines the position of 'contextual elements' as a constitutive element of the legal definition of the crime of genocide, and determines the extent to which an individual genocidaire is required to act within a particular genocidal context.

This book offers an in-depth examination into genocide law by focusing on one of the lesser examined, yet practically significant, issues: the 'substantiality requirement'.

Advocates of Humanity offers an analysis of international criminal justice from the perspective of sociology of punishment by exploring the role of human rights organizations in their mobilization for global justice through the International Criminal Court (ICC).

How did the United States, a nation known for protecting the "e;right to remain silent"e; become notorious for condoning and using controversial tactics like water boarding and extraordinary rendition to extract information?

Providing a comprehensive explanation of blockchain, cryptocurrency and the international regulation and challenges that apply, this book introduces the reader to the core topics, including: global regulation of blockchain and cryptoassets; the Internet of Things; the Right to be Forgotten and the right to erasure; environmental, social and governance metrics; smart contracts; initial coin offerings; data protection regulation; Decentralised Autonomous Organisations ('DAOs') and the Metaverse.

The book provides a holistic examination of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The war in Ukraine is fast approaching its second anniversary since its commencement on 24 February 2022 as a blatant aggression by Russia.

This volume considers a variety of key issues pertaining to the rights of defendants and victims at International Criminal Courts (ICTs) and explores how best to balance and enhance the rights of both in order to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of international criminal proceedings.

This volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law takes a close look at the role of so-called "e;expert manuals"e; in the interpretation and development of the international law of armed conflict and connected branches of international law relating to military operations.

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Since the end of the Cold War, states have become increasingly engaged in the suppression of transnational organised crime.

This book provides a thorough critical overview of the current debate on the ethics of war, as well as a modern just war theory that can give practical action-guidance by recognizing and explaining the moral force of widely accepted law.

This proposes a new framework for atrocity prevention, featuring scholars from around the globe including three former UN special advisers.

This book examines the challenges posed to contemporary international law by the shifting role of the border, which has recently re-emerged as a central issue in international relations.

The condemnation of wartime sexual violence as a gross violation of human rights has received widespread support.

An analysis of the crime of aggression amendments adopted under the International Criminal Court''s Statute in 2010.

This work is a multidisciplinary analysis of the issue of insider dealing from the perspective of the applicability of criminal law to regulate it.

This volume examines the prosecution as an institution and a function in a dozen international and hybrid criminal tribunals, from Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court.

Criminal law can no longer be neatly categorised as the product and responsibility of domestic law.

This book deals with the gathering of evidence in cross-border investigations in Europe.

This book gathers the general contributions to the 3rd Thematic Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, which took place from 16 to 18 November 2016 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

A novel and robust examination of all policy means and their lawfulness for recovering fugitives abroad via extradition or its alternatives.

What is a crime and how do we construct it?

Examines the court-imposed territorial restrictions and other bail and sentencing conditions that are increasingly issued in the context of criminal proceedings.

The legal principle of ne bis in idem proclaims that no person shall be tried twice for the same matter.

The Eichmann Trial Reconsidered brings together leading authorities in a transnational, international, and supranational study of Adolf Eichmann, who was captured by the Israelis in Argentina and tried in Jerusalem in 1961.

Over the past ten years the content and application of international law in armed conflict has changed dramatically.

Presenting an integrated approach to information exchange among law enforcement institutions within the EU, this book addresses the dilemma surrounding the need to balance the security of individuals and the need to protect their privacy and data.

The amicus curiae or friend of the court is the main mechanism for actors other than the parties, including civil society actors and states, to participate directly in proceedings in international criminal tribunals.

This volume brings together twelve leading American criminal justice scholars whose own writings have been profoundly influenced by William Stuntz and his work.

What does responsibility mean in International Relations (IR)?

The dramatic uprisings that ousted the long-standing leaders of several countries in the Arab region set in motion an unprecedented period of social, political and legal transformation.

This book offers a timely and detailed exploration and analysis of key contemporary issues and challenges in child sexual abuse, which holds great relevance for scholarly, legal, policy, professional and clinical audiences worldwide.

This book seeks to bridge the gap between academic, political and military thinking concerning the success and failure of peacekeeping operations and their termination.

In 1990, after the end of the Pinochet regime, the newly-elected democratic government of Chile established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to investigate and report on some of the worst human rights violations committed under the seventeen-year military dictatorship.