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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"International crimes"”.
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Atrocity, Commerce and Accountability: Corporate Responsibility for International Crimes
… and their representatives responsible for international crimes has emerged as an important component of a number of interlinked fields. While these ideas have become widely acknowledged, the scope of the relationship between commerce and international criminal justice has remained poorly …
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The international criminal court: justice for victims of international crimes?
The International Criminal Court has been hailed as justice for victims on account of its Statute including a number of articles on victims such as participation, protection and reparations. These victim articles challenge the traditional trial proceedings of international criminal justice which …
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NATIONAL PROSECUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES IN AFRICA Law and Practice from Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda
… thesis investigates the national prosecution of international crimes in Africa with specific focus on Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. The study has traced the prosecution of international crimes in Africa from the period international criminal justice was incepted to date. The study engaged doctrinal …
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The application of command responsibility in informal civilian relationships for international crimes - lessons from the ICTR
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An Investigation of the Duty of States to Prosecute International Crimes and the Question of Amnesty
… investigated the duty of States to prosecute international crimes and the question of amnesty, with a focus on Africa as a case study. The study focuses specifically on the controversial question of granting amnesty to perpetrators of international crimes. Principally, international law both …
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International Crimes as Familiar Spectacles: Socially Constructed Understandings of Atrocity and the Visibility Politics of International Criminal Law
… social and legal understandings of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Utilizing a social constructivist, interactional legal theory analytical framework, I argue that aesthetic considerations play a major role in identifying these international crimes. The “visibility politics” …
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The contribution of customary international law to the development of international crimes: the role of international courts and tribunals
The development of international crimes rightly touches the statement, ‘desperate ills need desperate medicines’, made by Mr C.B. Burdekin, a representative from New Zealand, during the thirty-sixth meeting of the United Nations War Crimes Commission on 17 October 1944. The thesis is intrigued by …
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Examining the ICC's impact on the rule of law in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya: catalysts, multi-level judicial dialogue and local ownership in prosecuting and judging international crimes
… are allegations that the victors also committed international crimes in the process of overturning an incumbent regime responsible for gross human rights abuses. It compares proceedings against the former regime with the situation in regard to the new authorities and considers whether the ICC has …
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The principle of complimentarity through the Roma Satute: a critical analysis of its content, implementation and application. Case study of the DRC
… regime under the Rome Statute in relation to international crimes committed in the DRC since the incorporation of the Rome Statute into the Congolese legal system. This research argues that the implementation of the principle of complementarity poses difficulties of application, …
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The ICC-African union relationship: in the interest of justice, or a continuation of politics by other means?
… between the African Union (AU) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), with a specific focus on issues of head of state immunity, sovereignty, and the principle of complementarity. The study centers on ICC interventions in African countries with weak judicial systems, specifically …
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Progress and challenges of implementing the Rome statute of the international criminal court in Uganda
… the coming into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was a thriving success for the international community insofar as that it contributed greatly to international criminal law jurisprudence. The Rome Statute establishes the International Criminal Court and confers upon …
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Integrating restorative justice into the ICC’s legal framework: possibility and necessity
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the only permanent international court that has jurisdiction over the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. The ICC is a young international organisation, and is now facing many difficulties when dealing with …
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Reparations and child soldiers in Africa: the legal regime of reparations for former child soldiers under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
… Rome Statute departs from the silence of many international criminal law instruments which focus exclusively on the prosecution and sentencing of criminals overlooking the needs of the victims of international crimes by offering redress. It introduces a new and unique reparative system that …
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The international criminal court and the responsibility to protect
This thesis explores the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the responsibility to protect. Since their emergence at the turn of the 21th century, the Court and the doctrine have developed in parallel. They have the same function to prevent mass violence and the same …
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The crime of international maritime fraud: a comparartive study between Iraqi and English law
This thesis is intended to deal with the crime of International Maritime Fraud a comparative study between the Iraqi and English law. The scheme of the thesis is as follows. Introduction and four parts, part one is an overview of Maritime Fraud and outlines the definition, reasons and features and …
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The German code of crimes against international law in context of international criminal law: can its penalty system serve as model for the international criminal court?
… has recently begun and with it a new era in International Crimin_al Law. Since 1 July 2002, an International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has been able to hold individuals responsible for human rights violations. In the era of globalisation the world acts more and more on an …
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The Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
… in the Sierra Leone Government (SLG) and the International Community’s (IC) commitment to render international standard of justice in post-conflict Sierra Leone. The aim of this research thesis is to investigate the extent to which the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) that was established …
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The exclusion of transnational crimes from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court: a travaux préparatoires study
… much ink has been spilled over the four “core” crimes under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, the exclusion of other crimes of international concern has never been researched in-depth and comprehensively. The contribution of offences like piracy, terrorism, and drug …
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Hybrid and Internationalized Criminal Tribunals: Jurisdictional Issues
… try individuals accused of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights. These tribunals have been described as 'hybrid' or 'internationalised' tribunals as their structure and applicable law consist of both international and national elements. Six such …
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Accountability for mass atrocities : the LRA conflict in Uganda
… various accountability measures that include international and domestic prosecutions, truth telling, reparations and traditional justice to address international crimes and other human rights violations committed during the conflict. The thesis in particular investigates how all these …
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