International crimes and the ad hoc tribunals /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mettraux, Guénaël
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005
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Table of Contents:
  • General remarks : the creation and jurisdiction of the ad hoc tribunals
  • Subject-matter jurisdiction and applicable law : customary international law and treaty law?
  • Identifying customary international law and the role of judges in the customary process
  • Binding precedents and internal jurisprudential hierarchy
  • War crimes in the statutes of the ad hoc tribunals
  • Chapeau elements of war crimes
  • Grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions
  • Other serious violations of the laws or customs of war : underlying offences
  • War crimes in internal armed conflicts
  • Crimes against humanity in the statutes of the ad hoc tribunals
  • Chapeau elements of crimes against humanity
  • Underlying offences
  • Genocide and international criminal tribunals
  • General or chapeau elements of genocide
  • Underlying offences
  • Genocide and other forms of criminal involvement
  • General remarks on participation
  • Jurisdiction ratione personae and applicable law
  • The person of the perpetrator : who can commit an international crime?
  • Article 7(1) of the ICTY Statute and Article 6(1) of the ICTR Statute : 'direct' participation
  • Article 7(3) of the ICTY Statute and Article 6(3) of the ICTR Statute : command or superior responsibility
  • Convictions under Articles 7(1) and 7(3) of the ICTY Statute and Articles 6(1) and 6(3) of the ICTR Statute
  • Cumulative charging and cumulative convictions
  • War crimes and crimes against humanity
  • War crimes and genocide
  • Genocide and crimes against humanity
  • Applicable law and purposes of sentencing
  • Relevant factors in sentencing
  • Other available penalty : return of property
  • Enforcement of sentences
  • Concluding remarks