An Introduction to the International Criminal Court

, by William A. Schabas

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ISBN: 9780521767507 | 0521767504
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/21/2011

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Fourth edition includes recent cases and the addition of the crime of aggression to the jurisdiction of the Court.

Preface	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xiv
Creation of the Court	p. 1
The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials	p. 5
The International Law Commission	p. 8
The ad hoc tribunals	p. 11
Drafting of the Rome Statute	p. 16
The Court becomes operational	p. 23
The rise and fall of United States opposition	p. 25
Developing a prosecution strategy	p. 34
Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army	p. 39
Civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	p. 44
Darfur referred by the Security Council	p. 49
Central African Republic	p. 55
Kenya's post-electoral violence	p. 56
Other situations	p. 56
Jurisdiction	p. 62
Temporal (ratione temporis) jurisdiction	p. 69
Personal (ratione personae) jurisdiction	p. 76
Territorial (ratione loci) jurisdiction	p. 81
Acceptance of jurisdiction by a non-party State	p. 84
Subject-matter (ratione materiae) jurisdiction	p. 88
Genocide	p. 99
Crimes against humanity	p. 107
War crimes	p. 122
The crime of aggression	p. 146
Other offences	p. 155
Triggering the jurisdiction	p. 157
State Party referral	p. 159
Security Council referral	p. 168
Proprio motu authority of the Prosecutor	p. 176
Security Council deferral	p. 182
Admissibility	p. 187
Complementarity	p. 190
Gravity	p. 200
Ne bis in idem	p. 203
General principles of criminal law	p. 206
Sources of law	p. 206
Interpreting the Rome Statute	p. 213
Presumption of innocence	p. 216
Rights of the accused	p. 219
Individual criminal responsibility	p. 224
Responsibility of commanders and other superiors	p. 231
Mens rea or mental element	p. 235
Defences	p. 238
Statutory limitation	p. 247
Investigation and pre-trial procedure	p. 249
Initiation of an investigation	p. 252
Investigation	p. 261
Arrest and surrender	p. 272
Appearance before the Court and interim release	p. 284
Confirmation hearing	p. 288
Rulings on jurisdiction and admissibility	p. 294
Preparation for trial	p. 298
Trial and appeal	p. 302
Presence at trial	p. 304
Defence and right to counsel	p. 308
Guilty plea procedure	p. 310
Evidence	p. 311
Decision	p. 319
Sentencing procedure	p. 322
Appeal and revision	p. 324
Punishment	p. 331
Available penalties	p. 336
Enforcement	p. 339
Victims of crimes and their concerns	p. 342
Victim participation in proceedings	p. 347
Protective measures	p. 358
Reparations for victims	p. 361
Institutions for victims	p. 363
Structure and administration of the Court	p. 369
Headquarters in The Hague	p. 369
Relationship with the United Nations	p. 371
The Presidency	p. 371
The Chambers	p. 372
Office of the Prosecutor	p. 377
The Registry	p. 383
Coordination Council	p. 383
AdVisory Committee on Legal Texts	p. 384
Detention Unit	p. 384
Outreach	p. 385
Defence bar	p. 386
Assemply of States Parties	p. 389
Review Conference	p. 390
Friends of the Court	p. 391
Privileges and immunities	p. 392
Languages	p. 393
Funding	p. 394
Settlement of disputes	p. 395
Reservations	p. 396
Amendment	p. 399
Signature, ratification, approval and accession	p. 401
Authentic texts	p. 402
Appendices	p. 405
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court	p. 407
States Parties and signatories to the Rome Statute	p. 490
Declarations and reservations	p. 495
Objections	p. 506
Bibliography	p. 510
Index	p. 553
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