Foreword |
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Cases |
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Documents |
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Abbreviations |
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Introduction |
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1 | (5) |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (3) |
1 From monism to dualism |
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6 | (56) |
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1.1 Monism: coordinating individual and State responsibility prior to World War II |
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7 | (11) |
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1.1.1 The dawn of criminal responsibility in international law: proposals for a universal criminal code (1860-1919) |
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7 | (1) |
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1.1.2 Interwar coordination (1920-1939) |
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8 | (10) |
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1.1.2.1 Triggering initiatives within the League of Nations |
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8 | (2) |
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1.1.2.2 Establishing the Fundamental Principles of an International Legal Code for the Repression of International Crimes |
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10 | (1) |
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1.1.2.3 Individual initiatives for a comprehensive International Criminal Code |
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11 | (2) |
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1.1.2.4 The ICLA's Draft Statute for a Criminal Chamber of the PCIJ and the Global Repressive Code |
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13 | (5) |
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1.2 Dualism: disjoining individual and State responsibility after World War II |
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18 | (44) |
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1.2.1 Between coordination and disjunction (1940-1960) |
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18 | (11) |
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1.2.1.1 Peace through law? UN procedures and the critical role of the Security Council |
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18 | (3) |
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1.2.1.2 The IMT, IMTFE, Nuremberg principles and Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind |
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21 | (5) |
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1.2.1.3 The Genocide Convention and the proposals for an international criminal jurisdiction |
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26 | (3) |
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1.2.2 Defining aggression, State crimes and underlying concepts (1960-1980) |
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29 | (8) |
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1.2.2.1 Non-institutional initiatives |
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29 | (1) |
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1.2.2.2 Peremptory norms (jus cogens), erga omnes obligations and State crimes |
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30 | (3) |
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1.2.2.3 State crimes under Article 19 of the ILC's 1980 Draft Articles on State Responsibility |
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33 | (4) |
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1.2.3 Codifying dualism (1980-2001) |
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37 | (19) |
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1.2.3.1 The ICLA's Project for a comprehensive International Criminal Code |
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37 | (1) |
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1.2.3.2 Achieving the Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind |
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38 | (5) |
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1.2.3.3 Ad hoc international and hybrid tribunals |
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43 | (2) |
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1.2.3.4 Achieving the Statute of the International Criminal Court |
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45 | (5) |
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1.2.3.5 From 'State crimes' to 'serious breaches of peremptory norms' in the ILC's Draft Articles on State Responsibility |
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50 | (6) |
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1.2.4 Genocide, aggression and terrorism still in search of identity (2001-2019) |
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56 | (7) |
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1.2.4.1 Genocide in the jurisprudence of the ICJ: the 'second death' of State crimes? |
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56 | (3) |
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1.2.4.2 Aggression and terrorism: developments in the ICC Statute and beyond |
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59 | (3) |
2 Breach of a primary norm: offence |
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62 | (73) |
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2.1 Core substantive elements of the offence |
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63 | (25) |
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2.1.1 The obligations breached by State aggravated offences |
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63 | (16) |
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2.1.1.1 Serious breaches of peremptory norms (jus cogens: 2001 DASR 40) |
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63 | (3) |
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2.1.1.2 Linking jus cogens and erga omnes obligations (VCLT and VCLTIO Article 53 and 2001 DASR 40, 42, 48 and 54) |
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66 | (3) |
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2.1.1.3 Serious breaches of erga omnes obligations: 1996 DASR 19 and 40 |
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69 | (3) |
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2.1.1.4 Fundamental obligations |
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72 | (5) |
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2.1.1.5 Jus cogens, erga omnes obligations and State responsibility in international case law |
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77 | (2) |
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2.1.2 Individual criminal responsibility, jus cogens and erga omnes obligations |
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79 | (3) |
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2.1.2.1 From criminals to crimes: erga omnes responsibility in the ICC Statute |
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79 | (1) |
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2.1.2.2 Erga omnes responsibility in the case law |
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80 | (2) |
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2.1.3 State aggravated responsibility, individual criminal responsibility, jus cogens and (non-severable) erga omnes obligations |
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82 | (6) |
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2.1.3.1 (Non-severable) erga omnes obligations as jus cogens |
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82 | (4) |
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2.1.3.2 State aggravated offences and individual criminal offences as breaches of (non-severable) erga omnes obligations |
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86 | (2) |
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2.2 Attribution of responsibility |
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88 | (17) |
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88 | (9) |
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2.2.1.1 Attributing aggravated responsibility to the State based on conduct of its organs or agents: absolute identity? |
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88 | (4) |
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2.2.1.2 Individual responsibility for international crimes: mens rea |
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92 | (5) |
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2.2.2 Attributing individual criminal conduct to the State |
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97 | (8) |
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2.2.2.1 Individual mens rea versus State objective responsibility? |
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97 | (2) |
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2.2.2.2 Individual and State mens rea? |
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99 | (3) |
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2.2.2.3 Assessing State fault on a case-by-case basis under the ILC's DASR |
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102 | (3) |
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2.3 Dual erga omnes offences |
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105 | (30) |
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105 | (7) |
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2.3.1.1 State conduct as a basis for individual conduct (and vice versa) |
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107 | (3) |
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2.3.1.2 Leadership and mens rea |
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110 | (2) |
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2.3.1.3 Self-defence as a dual excuse |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (5) |
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2.3.2.1 Individual conduct as a basis for collective responsibility |
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115 | (2) |
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2.3.2.2 Systemically proving individual mens rea |
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117 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Core crimes against humanity |
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117 | (5) |
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119 | (2) |
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2.3.3.2 Systemically proving individual mens rea |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (4) |
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2.3.4.1 Individual genocidal conduct without State responsibility? |
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123 | (1) |
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2.3.4.2 Collective specific intent as a basis for individual intent (and vice versa) |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (10) |
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2.3.5.1 Political or ideological purpose as a distinguishing material element |
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129 | (3) |
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2.3.5.2 Specific intent and collective responsibility |
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132 | (3) |
3 Secondary norms: dispute settlement, sanctions and enforcement |
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135 | (79) |
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3.1 Secondary and tertiary implications of dual erga omnes offences |
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136 | (31) |
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3.1.1 State aggravated responsibility |
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136 | (25) |
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3.1.1.1 Institutionalised and non-institutionalised (compulsory) universal invocation of responsibility: 2001 DASR 41(1), 42(b), 48(1)(b) and 59 |
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136 | (3) |
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3.1.1.2 Non-punitive erga omnes sanctions? 2001 DASR 28-39 and UN Charter Articles 39-42 |
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139 | (6) |
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3.1.1.3 Institutionalised and non-institutionalised universal enforcement: 2001 DASR 41(1), 54 and 59 |
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145 | (4) |
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3.1.1.4 Rejecting compulsory jurisdiction |
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149 | (6) |
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3.1.1.5 Punitive erga omnes sanctions? 1996 DASR 41-46 and 52 |
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155 | (3) |
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3.1.1.6 Universal punitive enforcement? 1996 DASR 53 |
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158 | (3) |
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3.1.2 Individual criminal responsibility |
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161 | (6) |
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3.1.2.1 (Compulsory) universal jurisdiction and complementary international adjudication |
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161 | (3) |
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3.1.2.2 (Erga omnes) imprisonment, fines and forfeiture |
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164 | (1) |
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3.1.2.3 Domestic enforcement |
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165 | (2) |
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3.2 Procedural intersections |
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167 | (47) |
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3.2.1 Systemic patterns and inter-temporality |
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167 | (3) |
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3.2.2 The limits of UN procedures |
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170 | (10) |
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3.2.2.1 Chapter VII procedures: political and enforcement action for State aggravated responsibility? |
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173 | (4) |
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3.2.2.2 The limited role of consensual jurisdiction, particularly the International Court of Justice |
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177 | (3) |
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3.2.3 Decentralised State action under general international law |
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180 | (2) |
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3.2.4 A controversial practice |
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182 | (12) |
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183 | (2) |
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3.2.4.2 Humanitarian crises in Kosovo, Libya and Syria |
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185 | (5) |
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190 | (2) |
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3.2.4.4 Counter-terrorism in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq |
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192 | (2) |
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3.2.5 State and individual immunities as a bar to domestic jurisdiction? |
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194 | (4) |
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3.2.5.1 State and individual immunities? |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (2) |
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3.2.6 Ad hoc criminal jurisdictions: victors' justice? |
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198 | (6) |
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3.2.6.1 Power and organic dependence |
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198 | (4) |
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3.2.6.2 Ex post jurisdictions |
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202 | (2) |
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3.2.7 The independence of the International Criminal Court |
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204 | (10) |
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3.2.7.1 Permanency as a guarantee of independence? |
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204 | (1) |
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3.2.7.2 The UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court |
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205 | (5) |
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3.2.7.3 Jurisdictional autonomy over aggression? |
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210 | (4) |
Conclusion |
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214 | (5) |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (3) |
Bibliography |
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219 | (22) |
Index |
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