No Crimes Against Humanity During the Maydan Protests in Ukraine? Or the ICC Prosecutor’s Flawed Interpretation of Crimes Against Humanity?
Journal: Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)
Year: 2017

The Article takes a fresh look at the definition of crimes against humanity and its applicability in the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) by analyzing the ICC Prosecutor’s decision not to proceed with the investigation of the Maydan crimes in Ukraine, based on her evaluation of the “widespread or systematic” requirement. It argues that the ICC Prosecutor did not correctly apply the systematic requirement of crimes against humanity to the factual circumstances surrounding the Maydan events th