This book deals with the prosecution of core crimes and constitutes the first comprehensive analysis of the horizontal and vertical systems of enforcement of international criminal law and of their inter-relationship. It provides a global jurisprudential exposition in assessing the grounds for refusal of surrender to the International Criminal Court and of extradition to another State. It also offers insights into legal perspectives which improve the prevailing enforcement regimes of various models of criminal justice, including hybrid criminal tribunals, special criminal courts, judicial panels and partnerships, and other budding sui generis judicial and/or prosecutorial institutions. The book espouses a human rights law-oriented critique to the enforcement of domestic, regional and international criminal justice and is aimed at legal practitioners (prosecutors, defence lawyers, magistrates and judges), jurists, criminal justice experts, penologists, legal researchers, human rights activists and law students. Christopher Soler lectures Maltese criminal law, international criminal law and public international law at the University of Malta. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
Author(s): Christopher Soler
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 704
Tags: International Criminal Law, Global Prosecution, Core Crimes
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Methodological Framework and Research Questions (Christopher Soler)....Pages 3-14
Preliminary Observations on the Systems of Enforcement (Christopher Soler)....Pages 15-28
Front Matter ....Pages 29-29
Multi-level Prosecutions of Serious Crimes of Concern to the International Community (Christopher Soler)....Pages 31-39
Why Do We Need to Understand the Concept of ‘Core Crimes’? (Christopher Soler)....Pages 41-58
What Is Required to Intrude into the Sovereignty of a Defaulting State in Order to Investigate and Prosecute Core Crimes? (Christopher Soler)....Pages 59-87
The Overarching Contextual (Juridical) Elements (Christopher Soler)....Pages 89-109
The Juridical Consequences of Core Crimes: Individual Criminal Liability and State Aggravated Responsibility (Christopher Soler)....Pages 111-116
Detecting the Determining and Distinguishing Factors (Christopher Soler)....Pages 117-144
Front Matter ....Pages 145-145
Salient Features of the Vertical System of Enforcement (Christopher Soler)....Pages 147-164
The State Obligation to Cooperate under International Law (Christopher Soler)....Pages 165-208
Inherent Limitations of the Vertical System of Enforcement (Christopher Soler)....Pages 209-309
The Ensuing ‘Jurisdictional Joint Venture’, A Division of Labour Par Excellence (Christopher Soler)....Pages 311-315
Front Matter ....Pages 317-317
Aut Dedere Aut Judicare (Christopher Soler)....Pages 319-401
The Reliance of the Horizontal System of Enforcement on the Corpus Juris Relating to Extradition (Christopher Soler)....Pages 403-409
The Impact of Customary International Law and General Principles of Law on the Horizontal System of Enforcement (Christopher Soler)....Pages 411-413
Pitfalls Within the Horizontal System of Enforcement (Christopher Soler)....Pages 415-549
Concurrent State Obligations (Christopher Soler)....Pages 551-553
The Self-assumption of Jurisdiction: An Abuse of Process or a Necessary Evil? (Christopher Soler)....Pages 555-560
Front Matter ....Pages 561-561
The Obligation of States to Prevent, Prosecute and Punish Core Crimes (Christopher Soler)....Pages 563-580
The Development of Functional International Constitutionalism (Christopher Soler)....Pages 581-585
The Exercise of Kompetenz-Kompetenz in the Determination of Presumptive Jurisdiction (Christopher Soler)....Pages 587-596
The Proliferation of Judicial Panels and Judicial Partnerships (Christopher Soler)....Pages 597-602
Concluding Observations and Final Remarks (Christopher Soler)....Pages 603-617
Back Matter ....Pages 619-695
