War crimes and crimes against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
By: Christine Byron.
Series: Melland Schill studies in international law
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780719073892
Subjects: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court -- (1998); War crimes; Crimes against humanity
Description: This text provides a critical analysis of the definitions of war crimes and crimes against humanity as construed in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It offers a useful resource for postgraduate students and academics as each war crime is discussed systematically.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-271) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: War crimes (I) : grave breaches; title: War crimes (II) : other offences in international armed conflicts; title: War crimes (III) : non-international armed conflicts; title: Crimes against humanity; title: Conclusion.