Public international law: criminal law

There have been many heroes and victims in the battle to abolish the death penalty, and Marie Deans fits into both of those categories.

There have been many heroes and victims in the battle to abolish the death penalty, and Marie Deans fits into both of those categories.

From events at Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II, to the recent trials of Slobodan Milo evi and Saddam Hussein, war crimes trials are an increasingly pervasive feature of the aftermath of conflict.

Prosecution of serious crimes of international concern has been few and far between before and even after the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 2002.