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Mens Rea at the International Criminal Court.

This volume offers an overview of all aspects of mens rea before the International Criminal Court, while taking into account mens rea standards that have already been established in customary international law or before the ad hoc tribunals.--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knoops, Geert-Jan Alexander
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2016.
Colección:International Criminal Law Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Mens Rea at the International Criminal Court; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Rationale of Mens Rea in International Criminal Law; 1.2 Contemporary Mens Rea Controversies; 1.3 Composition of Research; 2 Definitional Elements of Mens Rea at the Ad Hoc Tribunals; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Levels of Mens Rea; 2.3 Mens Rea within the Ad Hoc Tribunals; 2.3.1 Principal Perpetration; 2.3.2 Accessory Liability; 2.4 Conclusion; 3 Definitional Elements of Mens Rea at the International Criminal Court; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Intent and Knowledge.
  • 3.3 Mens Rea for the Different Liability Modes under Article 25 of the Rome Statute3.3.1 Committing; 3.3.2 Ordering, Soliciting or Inducing; 3.3.3 Aiding, Abetting or Otherwise Assisting; 3.3.4 In Any Other Way Contributing; 3.3.5 Inciting to Commit Genocide; 3.3.6 Attempting to Commit; 3.3.7 Criminal Responsibility for the Crime of Aggression; 3.3.8 Responsibility of Commanders and Other Superiors; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 Mens Rea and War Crimes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Applicable Legal Framework; 4.3 Mens Rea in Practice: Operation Allied Force; 4.4 The Rome Statute on War Crimes.
  • 4.5 ICC Case Law on War Crimes4.5.1 Conscripting Child Soldiers; 4.5.2 Willful Killing; 4.5.3 Attacking Civilians; 4.6 War Crimes at the Ad Hoc Tribunals; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 Mens Rea and Genocide; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Acts of Genocide; 5.3 Genocide at the International Court of Justice; 5.4 Genocide at the Ad Hoc Tribunals; 5.4.1 Intent to Destroy; 5.4.2 Different Mens Rea Standards under Different Liability Modes; 5.4.3 Inchoate Offense; 5.5 ICC Evidentiary Standards vis-à-vis Genocide; 5.6 Conclusion; 6 Mens Rea and Crimes against Humanity; 6.1 Introduction.
  • 6.2 Contextual Elements of an "attack"6.2.1 Widespread or Systematic; 6.2.2 Directed against Any Civilian Population; 6.2.3 Pursuant to or in Furtherance of a State or Organizational Policy; 6.3 Mens Rea Requirements: Knowledge of the Attack; 6.3.1 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; 6.3.2 International Criminal Court; 6.4 Mens Rea for the Underlying Crimes; 6.4.1 Murder; 6.4.2 Extermination; 6.4.3 Enslavement; 6.4.4 Deportation or Forcible Transfer of Population; 6.4.5 Imprisonment or Other Severe Deprivation of Physical Liberty; 6.4.6 Torture.
  • 6.4.7 Rape, Sexual Slavery, Enforced Prostitution, Forced Pregnancy, Enforced Sterilization, or Any Other Form of Sexual Slavery of Comparable Gravity6.4.8 Persecution; 6.4.9 Enforced Disappearance of Persons; 6.4.10 The Crime of Apartheid; 6.4.11 Other Inhumane Acts; 6.5 Crimes against Humanity at the ICC; 6.6 Concluding Remarks and Overview; 7 Mens Rea and the Crime of Aggression; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Mens Rea for Crimes against Peace at the IMT; 7.3 General Constitutive Elements of the ICC Crime of Aggression; 7.4 Elements of Aggression within the Ambit of the Rome Statute.