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2013

War Crimes Trials

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The Iraqi High Tribunal And Rule Of Law: Challenges, Mark A. Drumbl Apr 2013

The Iraqi High Tribunal And Rule Of Law: Challenges, Mark A. Drumbl

Mark A. Drumbl

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Waging War Against The World: The Need To Move From War Crimes To Environmental Crimes, Mark A. Drumbl Jan 2013

Waging War Against The World: The Need To Move From War Crimes To Environmental Crimes, Mark A. Drumbl

Mark A. Drumbl

The international community has been more hesitant in accounting for the environmental consequences of war. All that the international community has been able to negotiate is scattered collateral references in a variety of treaties and conventions. One immediate task will be to consolidate these references into a single document or treaty. A more daunting task, of which this easy shall provide a brief overview, is to develop a mechanism to ensure compliance with these standards, to deter deviation therefrom, and to allocate responsibility for wrongdoing. More specifically, this essay considers the ability of the International Criminal Court to perform such …


Looking Up, Down And Across: The Icty's Place In The International Legal Order, Mark A. Drumbl Jan 2013

Looking Up, Down And Across: The Icty's Place In The International Legal Order, Mark A. Drumbl

Mark A. Drumbl

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Collective Violence And Individual Punishment: The Criminality Of Mass Atrocity, Mark A. Drumbl Jan 2013

Collective Violence And Individual Punishment: The Criminality Of Mass Atrocity, Mark A. Drumbl

Mark A. Drumbl

There is a recent proliferation of courts and tribunals to prosecute perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The zenith of this institution-building is the permanent International Criminal Court, which came into force in 2002. Each of these new institutions rests on the foundational premise that it is appropriate to treat the perpetrator of mass atrocity in the same manner that domestic criminal law treats the common criminal. The modalities and rationales of international criminal law are directly borrowed from the domestic criminal law of those states that dominate the international order. In this Article, I challenge this …