International crimes and the ad hoc tribunals
By: Guénaël Mettraux.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: International offenses.; International criminal courts.
Description: This is a comprehensive study of the law of international crimes as applied by the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The text contains a detailed analysis of the law of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, as identified by these two tribunals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-382) and index.
Table of contents: title: General remarks : the creation and jurisdiction of the ad hoc tribunals; title: Subject-matter jurisdiction and applicable law : customary international law and treaty law?; title: Identifying customary international law and the role of judges in the customary process; title: Binding precedents and internal jurisprudential hierarchy; title: War crimes in the statutes of the ad hoc tribunals; title: Chapeau elements of war crimes; title: Grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions; title: Other serious violations of the laws or customs of war : underlying offences; title: War crimes in internal armed conflicts; title: Crimes against humanity in the statutes of the ad hoc tribunals; title: Chapeau elements of crimes against humanity; title: Underlying offences; title: Genocide and international criminal tribunals; title: General or chapeau elements of genocide; title: Underlying offences; title: Genocide and other forms of criminal involvement; title: General remarks on participation; title: Jurisdiction ratione personae and applicable law; title: The person of the perpetrator : who can commit an international crime?; title: Article 7(1) of the ICTY Statute and Article 6(1) of the ICTR Statute : 'direct' participation; title: Article 7(3) of the ICTY Statute and Article 6(3) of the ICTR Statute : command or superior responsibility; title: Convictions under Articles 7(1) and 7(3) of the ICTY Statute and Articles 6(1) and 6(3) of the ICTR Statute; title: Cumulative charging and cumulative convictions; title: War crimes and crimes against humanity; title: War crimes and genocide; title: Genocide and crimes against humanity; title: Applicable law and purposes of sentencing; title: Relevant factors in sentencing; title: Other available penalty : return of property; title: Enforcement of sentences; title: Concluding remarks.