Кай Амбос
Biographic Data
| ID | 3598382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Кай Амбос |
| GIVEN NAMES | Кай |
| FAMILY NAME | Амбос |
| SIGNATURE | АМБОС К |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Göttingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3597-2443 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 49 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Einschränkung funktioneller Immunität bei geheimdienstlichen Gewaltakten und zivile Objekte als Ziele von Kriegshandlungen
Der 3. Strafsenat des BGH behandelt in seinem Beschluss die Sprengstoffanschläge auf die Nord-Stream-Pipelines in der Ostsee im September 2022. Der Beschuldigte - der dabei koordinierend tätig geworden sein soll - wurde aufgrund eines Haftbefehls des Ermittlungsrichters des BGH und eines darauf basierenden Europäischen Haftbefehls am 21. August 2025 in Italien festgenommen und befand sich dort bis zu seiner Überstellung nach Deutschland am 27. No…
Zu Christian Richter, »Zur Immunität von amtierenden Regierungschefs von Nichtvertragsstaaten vor dem IStGH – Warum Friedrich Merz Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanjahu einladen kann, ohne dass dieser …
Stefan Oeter (Von (Autor)) is a professor of Public Law and International Law and director of the Institute for International Affairs at the University of Hamburg as well as chairman of the Historical Commission of International Society for Military Law and the Laws of War and member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Den Haag.Stefan Talmon (Von (Autor)) Geboren 1965; Studium der Rechtswissenschaft in Tübingen, München und Cambridge (LL.M., 1…
Deutscher Umgang mit Produkten aus israelischen Siedlungen in Palästina
The failure to correctly label products originating in Israeli settlements in the »Occupied Palestinian Territory« (OPT) stands in stark contrast to the respective policy with regard to the Ukrainian territory occupied and annexed by the Russian Federation. While in the latter case an import stop was imposed immediately following the annexation of Crimea (see I.), products from the (illegal) Israeli settlements are not even correctly labeled, i.e…
From the river to the sea …« - nicht per se strafbar, auch nicht gemäß § 86a Abs. 1 Nr. 1 StGB
Das LG Mannheim hat die Strafbarkeit der Verwendung des Slogans »From the river to the sea - Palestine will be free« auf einem Plakat bei einer pro-palästinensischen Kundgebung gemäß § 86a Abs. 1 Nr. 1 StGB (Verwenden von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen) verneint. Kai Ambos hält die Entscheidung für überzeugend, ergänzt die Ausführungen des Gerichts zur Entstehungsgeschichte und zu möglichen Bedeutungen des Auss…
Zur Erwiderung von Karl-Heinz Ladeur, »From the river to the sea …« - Kennzeichenverbot und Meinungsfreiheit, JZ 2024, 932
Zur Erwiderung von Karl-Heinz Ladeur, From the river to the sea ... - Kennzeichenverbot und Meinungsfreiheit, JZ 2024, 932
Zur Begnadigung des ehemaligen peruanischen Präsidenten Alberto Fujimori
Im Dezember 2023 wurde Alberto Fujimori, peruanischer Präsident von 1990 bis 2000, auf Anordnung des dortigen Verfassungsgerichts aus der Haft entlassen. Daraufhin hat der Interamerikanische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte Peru wegen Nichtachtung des Gerichts (desacato) verurteilt und eine verstärkte Überwachung seiner gegen Peru ergangenen Urteile in den Rechtssachen Barrios Altos und La Cantuta angeordnet. Obwohl beide Entscheidungen ein neues K…
Criminal Compliance, Unternehmenspraxis und Strafrechtswissenschaft
The 4th edition of the first volume of this work provides an update of the commentary on the preamble and articles 1 to 19 in case law and literature. The structure of the book has been retained and its content supplemented by more recent developments, such as the implications of Europeanisation and digitalisation as well as the Corona pandemic. As of the 4th edition, Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf has taken over the editorship of the commentary.
Ukraine and the Double Standards of the West
The West, under the leadership of the US, EU and NATO, claims to be defending a rules-based international order by way of its support for Ukraine, including its call for full accountability. Regrettably, however, this claim fails to fully convince given the inconsistencies in the West’s approach to international (criminal) law. I will develop this counterclaim in three steps: first, I will argue that the Western approach to the Russian aggression…
Grundsatz gegenseitiger Anerkennung und Europäische Ermittlungsanordnung
Der Beitrag setzt an der Frage an, inwieweit die Richtlinie über die Europäische Ermittlungsanordnung bzw. ihre deutsche Umsetzungsgesetzgebung in der Sache tatsächlich dem Grundsatz gegenseitiger Anerkennung folgt. Insoweit ergibt sich, dass die Richtlinie in ihrer endgültigen Form des Jahres 2014 bzw. die Umsetzungsgesetzgebung eher einem Instrument der herkömmlichen Rechtshilfe ähnelt. Dies dürfte nicht zuletzt auf der von erheblicher Skepsis …
Criminal Responsibility, Modes of
Corrupción punible y acuerdo ilícito
Aunque la identificación del concepto de corrupción constituye el presupuesto de cualquier programa (político-criminal) anticorrupción sensato, ella representa hasta ahora una tarea esquiva. En ese contexto, la presente contribución ofrece una aproximación a los rasgos básicos de la noción alemana del Unrechtsvereinbarung, el cual remite esencialmente a la idea de un acuerdo ilícito. Con base en ello —y a la luz de algunos casos del ámbito alemán…
Corporate Complicity in International Crimes through Arms Supplies despite National Authorisations
I examine the criminal responsibility of companies for crimes committed with their exported weapons, even if that export was authorised by national authorities. Responsibility may rise directly from the national export control law and/or from (international) criminal law ( icl ) concerning (international) crimes committed. While (transnational) corporations have a due diligence obligation to prevent serious human rights violations, it is unclear …
Complicidad en crímenes internacionales mediante suministros (legales) de armas? Una contribución a los problemas de imputación en el marco de las cadenas de suministro
¿Son las empresas armamentísticas cÃ3mplices penales de graves crímenes internacionales por proveer las armas que son posteriormente utilizadas para cometer estos crímenes? El European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), con sede en Berlín, junto con algunas otras ONG, afirma esto en relaciÃ3n con los crímenes de guerra cometidos en Yemen y ha presentado una denuncia al respecto (una â comunicaciÃ3nâ ) ante la Corte Penal Internac…
Völkerrecht und nukleare Abrüstung - eine gespaltene internationale Gemeinschaft?
Der Vertrag über die Nichtverbreitung von Kernwaffen von 1968 ist in diesem Jahr seit 50 Jahren in Kraft. Der nachfolgende Beitrag will einen Überblick über die völkerrechtlichen Fragen geben, welche die internationale Gemeinschaft in den letzten Jahren beschäftigt haben und in Zukunft beschäftigen werden. Zu diesem Zweck werden insbesondere der Nichtverbreitungsvertrag, aber auch die relevante Rechtsprechung des Internationalen Gerichtshofs und …
The ECCC’s Contribution to Substantive ICL
In this short essay, I will argue that the ‘civilian population’ requirement in crimes against humanity (CAH) provisions (e.g. Article 7(1) ICC Statute) must either be radically restricted by way of a teleological (purpose-based) interpretation or — even better — abolished in future CAH provisions. While the traditional International Humanitarian Law approach certainly needs to be adjusted with regard to CAH, such an adjustment does not resolve t…
National Socialist Criminal Law
This innovative study regards National Socialist criminal law—in accordance with the theories of continuity and radicalisation—as the racist (anti-Semitic), nationalistic (Germanic) and totalitarian updating of the authoritarian and anti-liberal tendencies found in German criminal law at the turn of the 20th century and during the Weimar Republic. The author proves this thesis through systematic analysis of the works of relevant authors, focusing…
Nationalsozialistisches Strafrecht
Grundprinzip, das die Voraussetzung alles wissenschaftlichen Erkennens darstellt und eben dadurch seine Einheit verbrgt
Deceased Persons as Protected Persons Within the Meaning of International Humanitarian Law
The defendant, a German national, travelled to Syria in March 2014 to participate in the ‘armed Jihad’ against the Assad regime. The case at hand refers to an incident where the defendant, with other members of his group, detained two Syrian soldiers, beheaded them and impaled the severed heads on metal poles to publicly expose and ridicule them (see Section 2.A). After returning to Germany the defendant was arrested and sentenced to two years’ i…
Brexit und Europäisches Strafrecht
Der Brexit wirft auch auf europastrafrechtlichem Gebiet zahlreiche Fragen mit Blick auf die zukünftige Beziehung zwischen der EU und dem Vereinigten Königreich (UK) auf. Nach knappen konzeptionellen Vorbemerkungen zum hier interessierenden Rechtsbereich des Europäischen Strafrechts und einer Darstellung der gegenwärtigen Beziehung zwischen der EU und dem UK in diesem Bereich untersucht der Beitrag die Ausgangsposition der Verhandlungen sowie mögl…
Das Verbrechen des Genozid und das Gesetzlichkeitsprinzip gemäß Art. 7 EMRK
Ob und wenn ja wie nach einem politischen Systemwechsel zuvor begangene Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch die Strafjustiz behandelt werden, ist eine brisante Frage. Die Entscheidung des EGMR im Fall Vasiliauskas v. Lithuania, die diese Problematik zum Gegenstand hat, fiel dementsprechend auch denkbar knapp aus. Der folgende Beitrag diskutiert die wesentlichen Aspekte der Entscheidung einschließlich der abweichenden Meinungen und plädiert für richt…
The Crime of Genocide and the Principle of Legality under Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights
In Vasiliauskas v Lithuania1 the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a fundamental judgment concerning the general question as to how new regimes should deal with grave human rights violations which occurred under the former regime. The question was further aggravated by the fact that the former regime was the then Soviet occupation force in the territory of the Baltic states and the new regime (Lithuania) came i…
The German Rwabukombe Case
Within the context of the Rwandan genocide, at least 400 people were brutally murdered on 11 April 1994 during the church massacre in Kiziguro, around 100 km north-east of Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. On 18 February 2014, after a three-year trial, the Higher Regional Court ( Oberlandesgericht — OLG) Frankfurt am Main, found Onesphore Rwabukombe, the former mayor of the northern Rwandan municipality of Muvumba on the Ugandan border, guilty of aiding …
Ronen Steinke
Ronen Steinke : Fritz Bauer oder Ausschwitz vor Gericht
A Workshop, a Symposium and the Katanga Trial Judgment of 7 March 2014
Journal Article A Workshop, a Symposium and the Katanga Trial Judgment of 7 March 2014 Get access Kai Ambos Kai Ambos *Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen; Judge at the District Court (Landgericht) Göttingen. [[email protected]] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume 1…
Charles Taylor's Criminal Responsibility
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL, ‘Special Court’) has issued its fourth and last judgment at the trial stage against Charles Ghankay Taylor, the former President of Liberia. Taylor’s individual criminal responsibility was found to have been established pursuant to Article 6(1) SCSL Statute, particularly for aiding and abetting the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council in the commission of war…
What does ‘intent to destroy’ in genocide mean
Genocide is a crime with a double mental element, i.e. a general intent as to the underlying acts, and an ulterior intent with regard to the ultimate aim of the destruction of the group. The prevailing view in the case-law interprets the respective ‘intent to destroy’ requirement as a special or specific intent ( dolus specialis ) stressing its volitional or purpose-based tendency. While this view has been followed for a long time in legal doctri…
The First Judgment of the International Criminal Court (Prosecutor v. Lubanga)
On 14 March 2012, Trial Chamber I (hereinafter ‘the Chamber’) of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’ or ‘the Court’) delivered the long awaited first judgment of the Court (‘the judgment’). This comment focuses exclusively on the legal issues dealt with in the judgment but pretends to do this comprehensively. It critically analyses the following five subject matters with the respective legal issues: definition and participation of victims; pr…
Critical Issues in the Bemba Confirmation Decision
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued its third confirmation decision against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, 1 the former president of the rebel Mouvement de Libération du Congo (MLC) and commander in chief of its military wing, the Armée de Libération du Congo (ALC). 2 The decision is, in principle, to be welcomed, since it constitutes a further consolidation of the ICC case law and breaks new ground in some important areas, for example th…
Judicial Creativity at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
On 21 January 2011, the pre-trial judge of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (hereinafter ‘STL’) posed several questions to the Appeals Chamber (‘Chamber’) 1 pursuant to Rule 68(G) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. 2 Three of these questions dealt with the crime of terrorism. 3 (i) Should the Tribunal take into account international notions on terrorism even though Article 2 of the Statute only refers to the Lebanese Criminal Code (‘LCC’)? (…
The Fujimori Judgment
In 2009, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was convicted by the Peruvian Supreme Court to 25 years’ imprisonment as an indirect perpetrator of serious human rights violations amounting to crimes against humanity committed under his presidency in 1991 and 1992. The conviction is based on the theory of control/domination of the act by virtue of an organized power apparatus (autoría mediata por dominio de la voluntad en aparatos de poder or…
Joint Criminal Enterprise and Command Responsibility
Joint Criminal Enterprise and Command Responsibility Kai Ambos Kai Ambos * * Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the University of Göttingen; Judge at the State Court (Landgericht) Göttingen. [[email protected]] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2007, Pages 159–183, https://doi.org/10…
Corporate Complicity in International Crimes through Arms Supplies despite National Authorisations
I examine the criminal responsibility of companies for crimes committed with their exported weapons, even if that export was authorised by national authorities. Responsibility may rise directly from the national export control law and/or from (international) criminal law ( icl ) concerning (international) crimes committed. While (transnational) corporations have a due diligence obligation to prevent serious human rights violations, it is unclear …
Deceased Persons as Protected Persons Within the Meaning of International Humanitarian Law
The defendant, a German national, travelled to Syria in March 2014 to participate in the ‘armed Jihad’ against the Assad regime. The case at hand refers to an incident where the defendant, with other members of his group, detained two Syrian soldiers, beheaded them and impaled the severed heads on metal poles to publicly expose and ridicule them (see Section 2.A). After returning to Germany the defendant was arrested and sentenced to two years’ i…
A Workshop, a Symposium and the Katanga Trial Judgment of 7 March 2014
Journal Article A Workshop, a Symposium and the Katanga Trial Judgment of 7 March 2014 Get access Kai Ambos Kai Ambos *Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen; Judge at the District Court (Landgericht) Göttingen. [[email protected]] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume 1…
Charles Taylor's Criminal Responsibility
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL, ‘Special Court’) has issued its fourth and last judgment at the trial stage against Charles Ghankay Taylor, the former President of Liberia. Taylor’s individual criminal responsibility was found to have been established pursuant to Article 6(1) SCSL Statute, particularly for aiding and abetting the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council in the commission of war…
May a State Torture Suspects to Save the Life of Innocents
May a State Torture Suspects to Save the Life of Innocents? Get access Kai Ambos Kai Ambos * * Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen; Judge at the District Court (Landgericht) Göttingen. Extended version of a paper presented at the (first) joint symposium on Human Dignity of the Faculties of Law of Hebrew and Göttingen Universities, Jerusalem, 2–3 Se…
Witness Proofing’ before the International Criminal Court
This paper was written at the request of the LJIL editorial board as a reply to the article by Karemaker, Taylor, and Pittman published in the previous issue. It is argued that their position starts from incorrect assumptions and that their overall assessment of proofing is flawed, especially with regard to the risks for fair trial. As to the law of the international tribunals it is acknowledged, however, that there is a structural and normative …
Establishing an International Criminal Court and an International Criminal Code
Amnestie von Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Lateinamerika aus völkerstrafrechtlicher Sicht
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 465 - 485
Straflosigkeit von Menschenrechtsverletzungen. Zur " impunidad" in südamerikanischen Ländern aus völkerstrafrechtlicher Sicht
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
The Right of Non-Self-Incrimination of Witnesses Before the ICC
An unlimited right of non-self-incrimination of witnesses before international criminal tribunals exists only during the pre-trial investigation (Article 55 ICC Statute); during trial the right is not unlimited , as the witness can be compelled to answer any question, either on the basis of an ex ante assurance of non-use of the evidence against him/her coupled with an assurance of confidentiality (ICC Rule 74(3)(c)) or on the basis of a guarante…
International criminal procedure
The article analyses whether international criminal procedure is "adversarial", "inquisitorial" or mixed. It examines the law of the ICTY and the ICC, including the relevant case law. This law has developed from an adversarial to a truly mixed procedure by way of various amendments of the ICTY's Rules of Procedure and Evidence (RPE) and the drafting of the Rome Statute merging civil and common law elements in one international procedure. It is no…
Joint Criminal Enterprise and Command Responsibility
Joint Criminal Enterprise and Command Responsibility Kai Ambos Kai Ambos * * Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the University of Göttingen; Judge at the State Court (Landgericht) Göttingen. [[email protected]] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2007, Pages 159–183, https://doi.org/10…
Remarks on the General Part of International Criminal Law
After decades of little reflection on the General Part of International Criminal Law (‘ICL’), the practice of the Ad Hoc Tribunals and Part III of the ICC Statute both offer a unique opportunity and create a necessity to give more thought to the rules of attribution for international crimes. Indeed, the aim of further research must be to develop a more refined system of attribution. This is especially important in ICL, since it is primarily conce…
Das Todesurteil gegen Saddam Hussein
Der Beitrag würdigt kritisch insbesondere die Begründung des Urteils, mit dem Saddam Hussein am 5. 11. 2006 zum Tode verurteilt wurde.
Structure and Function of the Confirmation Procedure before the ICC from a Comparative Perspective
The confirmation procedure is the linking interface between the investigation and trial of a case before the ICC; it is triggered by the arrival of the suspect at the court. The present paper distinguishes between the different phases of the ICC procedure and the different notions for the person concerned; it deals, in particular, with the issue of a proprio motu amendment of the charges by the Pre-Trial Chamber. The comparative survey reveals th…
Carl-Friedrich Stuckenberg
Carl-Friedrich Stuckenberg: Vorstudien zu Vorsatz und Irrtum im Völkerstrafrecht
May a State Torture Suspects to Save the Life of Innocents
May a State Torture Suspects to Save the Life of Innocents? Get access Kai Ambos Kai Ambos * * Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen; Judge at the District Court (Landgericht) Göttingen. Extended version of a paper presented at the (first) joint symposium on Human Dignity of the Faculties of Law of Hebrew and Göttingen Universities, Jerusalem, 2–3 Se…
Witness Proofing’ before the International Criminal Court
This paper was written at the request of the LJIL editorial board as a reply to the article by Karemaker, Taylor, and Pittman published in the previous issue. It is argued that their position starts from incorrect assumptions and that their overall assessment of proofing is flawed, especially with regard to the risks for fair trial. As to the law of the international tribunals it is acknowledged, however, that there is a structural and normative …
Anmerkung
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Building a Future on Peace and Justice
What does ‘intent to destroy’ in genocide mean
Genocide is a crime with a double mental element, i.e. a general intent as to the underlying acts, and an ulterior intent with regard to the ultimate aim of the destruction of the group. The prevailing view in the case-law interprets the respective ‘intent to destroy’ requirement as a special or specific intent ( dolus specialis ) stressing its volitional or purpose-based tendency. While this view has been followed for a long time in legal doctri…
Critical Issues in the Bemba Confirmation Decision
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued its third confirmation decision against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, 1 the former president of the rebel Mouvement de Libération du Congo (MLC) and commander in chief of its military wing, the Armée de Libération du Congo (ALC). 2 The decision is, in principle, to be welcomed, since it constitutes a further consolidation of the ICC case law and breaks new ground in some important areas, for example th…
Las prohibiciones de utilización de pruebas en el proceso penal alemán
El artículo examina la prohibición de valoración de las pruebas en el derecho alemán.A modo de introducción se exponen, a partir de la teoría de la "prohibición de prueba" de Beling, los fundamentos de una teoría de la prohibición de valoración de pruebas.Luego, se define el concepto y se sistematizan las prohibiciones de valoración de pruebas existentes (1.).Se distingue a continuación entre prohibiciones de valoración explícitas e implícitas (f…
The Colombian Peace Process and the Principle of Complementarity of the International Criminal Court
Latin American and International Criminal Law
The Fujimori Judgment
In 2009, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was convicted by the Peruvian Supreme Court to 25 years’ imprisonment as an indirect perpetrator of serious human rights violations amounting to crimes against humanity committed under his presidency in 1991 and 1992. The conviction is based on the theory of control/domination of the act by virtue of an organized power apparatus (autoría mediata por dominio de la voluntad en aparatos de poder or…
El derecho penal internacional en la encrucijada
El derecho penal internacional en la encrucijada: de la imposición ad hoc a un sistema universal basado en un tratado internacional
Der Gerechtigkeit einen Dienst erwiesen? - Zur völkerrechtlichen Zulässigkeit der Tötung Osama bin Ladens
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Judicial Creativity at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
On 21 January 2011, the pre-trial judge of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (hereinafter ‘STL’) posed several questions to the Appeals Chamber (‘Chamber’) 1 pursuant to Rule 68(G) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. 2 Three of these questions dealt with the crime of terrorism. 3 (i) Should the Tribunal take into account international notions on terrorism even though Article 2 of the Statute only refers to the Lebanese Criminal Code (‘LCC’)? (…
The First Judgment of the International Criminal Court (Prosecutor v. Lubanga)
On 14 March 2012, Trial Chamber I (hereinafter ‘the Chamber’) of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’ or ‘the Court’) delivered the long awaited first judgment of the Court (‘the judgment’). This comment focuses exclusively on the legal issues dealt with in the judgment but pretends to do this comprehensively. It critically analyses the following five subject matters with the respective legal issues: definition and participation of victims; pr…
Charles Taylor's Criminal Responsibility
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL, ‘Special Court’) has issued its fourth and last judgment at the trial stage against Charles Ghankay Taylor, the former President of Liberia. Taylor’s individual criminal responsibility was found to have been established pursuant to Article 6(1) SCSL Statute, particularly for aiding and abetting the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council in the commission of war…
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