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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465710303321

Autore

Byron Christine

Titolo

War crimes and crimes against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court [[electronic resource] /] / Christine Byron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

ISBN

1-78170-194-6

1-84779-275-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Melland Schill studies in international law

Disciplina

345.0238

Soggetti

War crimes

Crimes against humanity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- War crimes (I) : grave breaches -- War crimes (II) : other offences in international armed conflicts -- War crimes (III) : non-international armed conflicts -- Crimes against humanity -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a critical analysis of the definitions of war crimes and crimes against humanity as construed in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.Each crime is discussed from its origins in treaty or customary international law, through developments as a result of the jurisprudence of modern ad hoc or internationalised tribunals, to modifications introduced by the Rome Statute and the Elements of Crimes. The influence of human rights law upon the definition of crimes is discussed, as is the possible impact of State reservations to the underlying treaties which form the b