The Rome Statute, unlike the statutes of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former
Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, creates a permanent court whose dormant jurisdiction covers the …

Victims’ participation is usually celebrated as one of the major innovations of the International
Criminal Court (ICC) system. It has been regulated in great detail by the drafters of the …

I was very pleased to be asked to write a brief introduction to Hector Olasolo’s new book on
criminal liability of political and military leaders as principals to international crimes. After all, …

After more than a hundred years1 since Gustave Moynier fi rst proposed it in 1872, 2 an
international treaty (the Rome Statute) creating a permanent International Criminal Court was …

Death and destruction are unavoidable effects of war and combat situations. The fact that
people have been killed or injured or property has been destroyed should not encourage …

This article addresses the most fundamental procedural issues arising from Arts. 13, 14, 15,
18 and 53(1), (2) and (4) of the ICC Statute (hereinafter “the Rome Statute” or “RS”). It first …

Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which allows a state
that is not a party to the Statute to “accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court” by way …

In a number of cases before Latin American courts, the notion of indirect perpetration
through organized structures of power has been applied after the Juntas Trial. These include …

Spanish Abstract: El presente trabajo aborda la evolución y el contenido actual del principio
nullum crimen sine iure en el ordenamiento jurídico internacional. Analiza su desarrollo …

Parties negotiating the end of authoritarian regimes or armed conflicts are almost inevitably
left in a situation of legal uncertainty. Despite their overlapping scope of application, the …