The concept of individual criminal responsibility for core international crimes is, by now, a well-established principle in international criminal law. However, while the general principle behind the concept is by and large unproblematic, its practical application underscores its complexity. The aim of this book is to examine three pertinent issues relating to the concept of individual criminal responsibility for core international crimes: (i) The joint criminal enterprise doctrine; (ii) The defining criteria of international criminal courts, for the purposes of an evaluation of the lifting of state official immunity for core international crimes, in the light of the findings of the ICJ in the Arrest Warrant case; and (iii) The imposition of individual criminal responsibility for terrorism as a crime against humanity, both in international law and in relation to the ICC Statute.
Author(s): Ciara Damgaard
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 461
Table of Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Part I - General......Page 13
1.1 Opening Remarks and Objectives......Page 14
1.2 Overview and Target Audience......Page 19
2.1 Introductory Remarks......Page 21
2.2 Meaning of 'Individually Criminally Responsible'......Page 22
2.3 Objectives of Individual Criminal Responsibility for Core International Crimes......Page 25
2.4 Sources of, and Judicial Precedent in, International Criminal Law......Page 37
2.5 Definition of Core International Crimes......Page 66
2.6 Evolution of Individual Criminal Responsibility for Core International Crimes......Page 95
Part II - Selected Pertinent Issues......Page 134
3.1 Introduction and Overview......Page 135
3.2 Terminology......Page 138
3.3 History......Page 140
3.4 The JCED Before the Ad Hoc Tribunals and as Contained in Other Instruments......Page 144
3.5 Distinguishing the JCE Concept from Other Modes of Liability/Crimes......Page 190
3.6 Issues Arising in Relation to the JCED from a Review of the JCED Jurisprudence......Page 201
3.7 Critique of the JCED......Page 242
4.1 Introduction......Page 270
4.2 Scope, Aim and Overview......Page 274
4.3 Terminology......Page 277
4.4 Yerodia Case......Page 278
4.5 Defining Criteria of an International Criminal Judicial Body......Page 280
4.6 Analysis of Hybrid Criminal Judicial Bodies......Page 341
4.7 Final Note......Page 361
4.8 Conclusion......Page 364
5.1 Introduction and Overview......Page 366
5.2 Clarification......Page 368
5.4 Individual Criminal Responsibility for Terrorism, as a Distinct Crime......Page 370
5.6 Individual Criminal Responsibility for Terrorism, as a War Crime......Page 382
5.8 Individual Criminal Responsibility for Terrorism, as a Crime Against Humanity......Page 383
5.9 Other Issues Relating to the Prosecution of Terrorism Before the ICC......Page 403
5.10 Appropriate Expansive Adaptation of Core International Crimes?......Page 409
6.2 Summary......Page 411
6.3 Significance of Conclusions......Page 417
Bibliography......Page 419
Jurisprudence......Page 444
I......Page 458
J......Page 459
T......Page 460
