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From The Nuremberg Charter To The Rome Statute: Defining The Elements Of Crimes Against Humanity, Mohamed Elewa Badar May 2004

From The Nuremberg Charter To The Rome Statute: Defining The Elements Of Crimes Against Humanity, Mohamed Elewa Badar

San Diego International Law Journal

The purpose of this study is to examine the past and present contours of the prohibition of "crimes against humanity", analyzing and scrutinizing the essential elements of this crime, with a view to obtaining and drawing together basic criteria that could eventually guide the adjudication of this offence. Furthermore, this clarification of "crimes against humanity" is particularly timely with respect to the soon functioning International Criminal Court (ICC).


Military Detention And The Judiciary: Al Qaeda, The Kkk And Supra-State Law, Wayne Mccormack May 2004

Military Detention And The Judiciary: Al Qaeda, The Kkk And Supra-State Law, Wayne Mccormack

San Diego International Law Journal

This Article touches on the choice of whether to use the language and tools of war or the language and tools of law enforcement in responding to terrorism. The principal focus, however, is on the limited issue of judicial review and military detentions. The Article reviews the case law created on this subject during the Civil War and World War II. Historical considerations are found by the author to be relevant and helpful in solving the incoherency of current legal responses to terrorism. For instance, indefinite military detention is not coherent with either the international law concept of violations of …


Fighting Black Market And Oily Water: The Department Of Justice's National Initiatives To Combat Transnational Environmental Crime, Jim Rubin, Shata Stucky Jan 2004

Fighting Black Market And Oily Water: The Department Of Justice's National Initiatives To Combat Transnational Environmental Crime, Jim Rubin, Shata Stucky

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Facing The Challenge: Corruption State Capture And The Role Of Multinational Business, 37 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1181 (2004), Nikolay A. Ouzounov Jan 2004

Facing The Challenge: Corruption State Capture And The Role Of Multinational Business, 37 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1181 (2004), Nikolay A. Ouzounov

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Justice For Iraq, Justice For All, Michael J. Frank Jan 2004

Justice For Iraq, Justice For All, Michael J. Frank

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


When A Good Idea Is Poorly Implemented: How The International Criminal Court Fails To Be Insulated From International Politics And To Protect Basic Due Process Guarantees, Andrew J. Walker Jan 2004

When A Good Idea Is Poorly Implemented: How The International Criminal Court Fails To Be Insulated From International Politics And To Protect Basic Due Process Guarantees, Andrew J. Walker

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Corporate War Criminals And The International Criminal Court: Blood And Profits In The Democratic Republic Of Congo, Julia Graff Jan 2004

Corporate War Criminals And The International Criminal Court: Blood And Profits In The Democratic Republic Of Congo, Julia Graff

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Tejal Jesrani Jan 2004

Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Tejal Jesrani

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


A Decade Of The Development Of Gender Crimes In International Courts And Tribunals: 1993 To 2003, Kelly D. Askin Jan 2004

A Decade Of The Development Of Gender Crimes In International Courts And Tribunals: 1993 To 2003, Kelly D. Askin

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Tejal Jesrani Jan 2004

Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Tejal Jesrani

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Malissa Khumprakob, Tejal Jesrani, Mario Cava Jan 2004

Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Malissa Khumprakob, Tejal Jesrani, Mario Cava

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Sexual Slavery And The International Criminal Court: Advancing International Law, Valerie Oosterveld Jan 2004

Sexual Slavery And The International Criminal Court: Advancing International Law, Valerie Oosterveld

Michigan Journal of International Law

This Article explores the advancement of the international crime of sexual slavery, from its initial inclusion in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court through further development in the delineation of the ICC's Elements of Crime document. This Article begins with a detailed exploration of the negotiation process that led to the inclusion of the crime of sexual slavery in the Rome Statute. The first Section describes the decision to include both sexual slavery and enforced prostitution as crimes, as well as the debate on listing sexual slavery as a crime separate from that of enslavement. Next, the Section …


Continuing Crimes In The Rome Statute, Alan Nissel Jan 2004

Continuing Crimes In The Rome Statute, Alan Nissel

Michigan Journal of International Law

One of the most ambitious goals of the International Criminal Court is to balance the ideal of ending impunity with the legalistic protection of the accused from the arbitrary application of law. Accordingly, the main task of this Article will be to determine when continuing crimes will fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court according to the established primary and secondary sources of international law-i.e., within the rule of law.


The Development Of The World Trade Organization And The International Criminal Court, Sydney M. Cone Iii Jan 2004

The Development Of The World Trade Organization And The International Criminal Court, Sydney M. Cone Iii

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.