Search results for "Crimes against humanity"
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Crimes against humanity in contemporary International Law
2009
Estudio de los elementos constitutivos, generales y específicos, de todos y cada uno de los crímenes contra la humanidad regulados en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional. Study of the constituent elements, both general and specifics, of all and each one of the crimes against humanity established in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The Prosecution of International Crimes in Argentina
2010
AbstractIn recent years, the Argentine courts have developed a rich case law surrounding the prosecution of international crimes. In particular, the courts have handed down judgments regarding the limits to amnesties and pardons, and the inapplicability of statutory limitations for crimes against humanity, invoking several sources of international law in the process. However, applying these international norms has caused debate about constitutional matters such as the reach of the principle of legality, the use of customary law, and whether domestic criminal norms are compatible—or could even be combined—with international criminal norms.
Heritage Destruction in Syria and Northern Iraq: Which is the Applicable Law?
2021
The paper aims at reconstructing the applicable legal framework to the widespread destruction of cultural heritage. At first, a legal classification of the conflict under international humanitarian law is provided, with the aim to identify the applicable law. In the second part of the paper, the problem of heritage destruction in Syria is dealt under a double perspective: (i) framing the obligations and potential responsibility fo States (the Syrian Arab Republic and eventually other foreign States involved in the hostilities); and (ii) individual criminal responsibility arising for the perpetrated acts of destruction of cultural heritage.