Preface to the Fourth Edition |
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Table of International Cases |
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Table of National Cases |
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List of Abbreviations |
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List of Abbreviations of Book Titles |
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Part I Introduction |
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1 Introduction: What is International Criminal Law? |
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3 | (25) |
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1.1 Meaning of international criminal law |
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3 | (2) |
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1.2 Other concepts of international criminal law |
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5 | (3) |
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1.3 Sources of international criminal law |
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8 | (5) |
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1.4 International criminal law and other areas of law |
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13 | (4) |
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1.5 A body of criminal law |
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17 | (5) |
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1.6 International criminal law and philosophy |
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22 | (4) |
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26 | (2) |
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2 The Aims, Objectives and Justifications of International Criminal Law |
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28 | (19) |
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28 | (2) |
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2.2 What international criminal justice is for |
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30 | (8) |
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38 | (5) |
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2.4 Other critiques of criminal accountability |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
Part II Prosecutions in National Courts |
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47 | (66) |
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49 | (20) |
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49 | (1) |
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3.2 Forms of jurisdiction |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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3.4 'Traditional' heads of jurisdiction |
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52 | (4) |
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3.5 Universal jurisdiction |
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56 | (12) |
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68 | (1) |
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4 National Prosecutions of International Crimes |
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69 | (20) |
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69 | (1) |
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4.2 National prosecutions |
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69 | (5) |
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4.3 State obligations to prosecute or extradite |
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74 | (4) |
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4.4 Domestic criminal law and criminal jurisdiction |
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78 | (4) |
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4.5 Statutory limitations |
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82 | (2) |
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4.6 Non-retroactivity principle |
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84 | (1) |
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4.7 Ne bis in idem or double jeopardy |
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85 | (2) |
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4.8 Practical obstacles to national prosecutions |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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5 State Cooperation with Respect to National Proceedings |
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89 | (24) |
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89 | (1) |
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5.2 International agreements and other bases of cooperation |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (6) |
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98 | (9) |
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5.5 Mutual legal assistance |
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107 | (2) |
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5.6 Transfer of proceedings |
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109 | (1) |
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5.7 Enforcement of penalties |
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110 | (1) |
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110 | (3) |
Part III International Prosecution |
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113 | (90) |
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6 The History of International Criminal Prosecutions: Nuremberg and Tokyo |
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115 | (12) |
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115 | (1) |
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6.2 Commission on the responsibility of the authors of the war |
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115 | (1) |
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6.3 Nuremberg International Military Tribunal |
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116 | (4) |
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6.4 Tokyo International Military Tribunal |
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120 | (5) |
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6.5 Control Council Law No. 10 trials and military commissions in the Pacific sphere |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (2) |
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7 The Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals |
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127 | (17) |
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127 | (1) |
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7.2 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
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127 | (10) |
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7.3 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
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137 | (5) |
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142 | (2) |
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8 The International Criminal Court |
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144 | (29) |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (2) |
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8.3 Structure and composition of the ICC |
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146 | (1) |
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8.4 Crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (3) |
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8.6 How the Court works: an overview |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (6) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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8.11 Opposition to the ICC |
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164 | (5) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (2) |
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9 Other Hybrid and Special Courts |
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173 | (30) |
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173 | (3) |
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9.2 Courts established by agreement between a State and an international organization or between States |
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176 | (12) |
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9.3 Courts established by international administration |
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188 | (5) |
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9.4 Courts established by a State with international support |
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193 | (5) |
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9.5 Relationship with the ICC |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (2) |
Part IV Substantive Law of International Crimes |
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203 | (200) |
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205 | (22) |
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205 | (5) |
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210 | (4) |
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214 | (5) |
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219 | (7) |
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10.5 Other modes of participation |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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11 Crimes Against Humanity |
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227 | (32) |
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227 | (4) |
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11.2 Common elements (contextual threshold) |
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231 | (11) |
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242 | (16) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (38) |
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259 | (10) |
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269 | (9) |
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278 | (18) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (22) |
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297 | (6) |
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303 | (8) |
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311 | (1) |
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13.4 Prosecution of aggression in the ICC |
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312 | (5) |
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317 | (2) |
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14 Transnational Crimes, Terrorism and Torture |
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319 | (22) |
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319 | (3) |
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322 | (12) |
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334 | (5) |
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339 | (2) |
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15 General Principles of Liability |
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341 | (39) |
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341 | (1) |
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15.2 Perpetration/commission |
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342 | (13) |
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355 | (4) |
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15.4 Ordering, instigating, soliciting, inducing and inciting |
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359 | (4) |
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15.5 Planning, preparation, attempt and conspiracy |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (3) |
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15.7 Command/superior responsibility |
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368 | (11) |
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379 | (1) |
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16 Defences/Grounds for Excluding Criminal Responsibility |
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380 | (20) |
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380 | (2) |
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16.2 ICC Statute and defences |
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382 | (1) |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (2) |
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16.5 Self-defence, defence of others and of property |
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386 | (3) |
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16.6 Duress and necessity |
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389 | (2) |
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16.7 Mistake of fact and law |
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391 | (2) |
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393 | (5) |
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398 | (2) |
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400 | (3) |
Part V International Criminal Procedure and Sentencing |
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403 | (78) |
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17 International Criminal Procedure |
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405 | (40) |
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405 | (5) |
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410 | (5) |
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415 | (5) |
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17.4 Jurisdiction and admissibility procedures |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (3) |
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424 | (2) |
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426 | (3) |
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429 | (4) |
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433 | (2) |
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17.10 Guilty plea and admission of guilt |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (2) |
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438 | (3) |
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17.13 Offences against the administration of justice |
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441 | (1) |
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441 | (2) |
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443 | (2) |
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18 Victims in the International Criminal Process |
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445 | (20) |
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445 | (1) |
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18.2 Victims and international criminal justice |
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446 | (1) |
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18.3 Definition of victims |
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447 | (1) |
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18.4 Protection of victims and witnesses |
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448 | (3) |
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18.5 Victim participation at the ICC |
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451 | (8) |
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18.6 Reparations to victims |
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459 | (2) |
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461 | (2) |
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463 | (2) |
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19 Punishment and Sentencing |
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465 | (16) |
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19.1 International penal regime |
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465 | (2) |
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19.2 Purposes of punishment |
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467 | (2) |
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469 | (6) |
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19.4 Sentencing procedures |
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475 | (1) |
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19.5 Pardon, early release and review of sentence |
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476 | (1) |
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477 | (1) |
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478 | (3) |
Part VI Relationship Between National and International Systems |
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481 | (79) |
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20 State Cooperation with the International Courts and Tribunals |
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483 | (23) |
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20.1 Nature of the cooperation regimes |
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483 | (2) |
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20.2 Obligation to cooperate |
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485 | (4) |
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20.3 Non-States Parties, international organizations and other entities |
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489 | (3) |
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20.4 Authority to seek cooperation and rights of parties |
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492 | (1) |
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20.5 Arrest and surrender |
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492 | (3) |
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20.6 Other forms of legal assistance |
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495 | (4) |
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20.7 Domestic implementation |
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499 | (2) |
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20.8 Non-compliance and enforcement |
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501 | (1) |
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20.9 Cooperation and complementarity |
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502 | (1) |
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503 | (1) |
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504 | (2) |
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506 | (26) |
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506 | (6) |
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21.2 Functional immunity and its limits |
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512 | (5) |
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21.3 Personal immunity: no exception based on the crimes alleged |
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517 | (3) |
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21.4 Personal immunity: inroads in international courts |
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520 | (10) |
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530 | (1) |
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530 | (2) |
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22 Alternatives and Complements to Criminal Prosecution |
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532 | (18) |
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532 | (2) |
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534 | (8) |
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542 | (4) |
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546 | (1) |
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22.5 Reparations and civil claims |
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547 | (1) |
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22.6 Local justice mechanisms |
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548 | (1) |
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549 | (1) |
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23 The Future of International Criminal Law |
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550 | (10) |
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550 | (1) |
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23.2 International courts and tribunals |
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550 | (3) |
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23.3 National prosecutions of international crimes |
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553 | (1) |
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23.4 Engraining a commitment to accountability |
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554 | (2) |
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23.5 Evolution of substantive international criminal law |
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556 | (1) |
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23.6 The path forward (or back?) |
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557 | (3) |
Index |
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