Matthew Gillett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4091687 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Gillett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Gillett |
| SIGNATURE | GILLETT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3507-0944 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Proving Ecocide
Focusing on the case study of pangolins, which are among the most trafficked wildlife species on the planet, this article examines how ecological science can contribute to proving ecocide and other environmental crimes before international courts. It explores multiple vectors through which ecological science is suited to assisting forensic processes, including establishing the widespread, long-term, and severe elements of ecocide, as well as the …
Human, all too human’
Ecocide, environmental harm and framework integration at the International Criminal Court
Reconciling the Dual-Faceted Mandates of Quasi-Judicial Human Rights Bodies
Focusing on evidentiary approaches, this article examines the burdens and standards of proof applied at United Nations quasi-judicial international human rights bodies. These bodies have dual-faceted mandates, combining legal and human rights traditions and imperatives. However, they diverge in their approach to evidence. This article argues that the prima facie approach developed over the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's 30 years of jurisp…
Criminalizing reprisals against the natural environment
Throughout history, armed conflicts have frequently seen serious harm committed against the natural environment. From the early 1960s to 1971, the United States used Agent Orange to defoliate large tracts of Vietnamese forests. In the 1990s, Saddam Hussein vengefully ordered the burning of Kuwaiti oil wells, resulting in massive pollution to the air, land and surrounding seas. More recently, ecocentric harm has been documented in the Colombian ci…
Expert Evidence and Digital Open Source Information
Digital open source information (DOSI) has emerged as a significant source of evidence for the International Criminal Court (‘the Court’) and other jurisdictions applying international criminal law. However, its use in litigation raises questions about who can be considered an expert in DOSI and what methods and safeguards they should adopt. This article examines how the Court can receive DOSI via expert evidence while maintaining rigorous fact-f…
Prosecuting Environmental Harm before the International Criminal Court
The threat of anthropocentric environmental harm grows more pressing each year. Around the world, human activities are devastating the natural environment and contributing to potentially irreversible climate change. This book explores the ways in which the International Criminal Court may effectively prosecute those who cause or contribute to serious environmental destruction. Written by an international lawyer who has prosecuted cases of war cri…
The War Crime of Starvation in Non-International Armed Conflict
The starvation of civilians is an all too frequent feature of armed conflict. While starvation may occur as an unintended consequence of military activities, it is also sometimes intentionally used by conflicting parties as a method of warfare. There is a broad consensus that the employment of starvation tactics during armed conflict is morally repugnant. This condemnation is reflected in many instruments of international law, which prohibit the …
Testing the Limits of the Law against Those Who Test the Tribunal’s Limits
Since the modern era of international criminal law began with the establishment of the ad hoc tribunals, international criminal institutions have produced numerous notable developments ranging from substantive to procedural law. Contempt proceedings, which were not prescribed under the ad hoc tribunals’ statutes, exemplify this trend. At the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which also does not have express reference to contempt in its Statute,…
The Anatomy of an International Crime
In 2010 in Kampala, Uganda, the States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) adopted a set of amendments to the Rome Statute that define the elements and trigger mechanisms of the crime of aggression. However, significant questions remain as to what was actually agreed upon in Kampala, including with respect to the parameters of the crime itself. These questions, which include the applicability of exceptions for humanitarian intervent…
Fast-track Justice
The Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) recently issued its first major decision, setting out its interpretation of the elements of crimes under the STL's Statute, the definition of the crime of terrorism under customary international law, the application of the modes of individual liability and the permissibility of cumulative charging. The authors argue that the Appeals Chamber's decision is procedurally flawed because it …
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Swiftly Adopts Its Rules of Procedure and Evidence
The Judges of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) recently adopted the Rules of Procedure and Evidence to guide the work of the court in bringing to justice those responsible for the attack of 14 February 2005 that resulted in the death of then-Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri (‘the Hariri Attack’) as well as related attacks. These provisions draw heavily on analogous instruments of the International Criminal Court and the International Cr…
Ecocide, environmental harm and framework integration at the International Criminal Court
The War Crime of Starvation in Non-International Armed Conflict
The starvation of civilians is an all too frequent feature of armed conflict. While starvation may occur as an unintended consequence of military activities, it is also sometimes intentionally used by conflicting parties as a method of warfare. There is a broad consensus that the employment of starvation tactics during armed conflict is morally repugnant. This condemnation is reflected in many instruments of international law, which prohibit the …
The Anatomy of an International Crime
In 2010 in Kampala, Uganda, the States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) adopted a set of amendments to the Rome Statute that define the elements and trigger mechanisms of the crime of aggression. However, significant questions remain as to what was actually agreed upon in Kampala, including with respect to the parameters of the crime itself. These questions, which include the applicability of exceptions for humanitarian intervent…
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Swiftly Adopts Its Rules of Procedure and Evidence
The Judges of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) recently adopted the Rules of Procedure and Evidence to guide the work of the court in bringing to justice those responsible for the attack of 14 February 2005 that resulted in the death of then-Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri (‘the Hariri Attack’) as well as related attacks. These provisions draw heavily on analogous instruments of the International Criminal Court and the International Cr…
Fast-track Justice
The Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) recently issued its first major decision, setting out its interpretation of the elements of crimes under the STL's Statute, the definition of the crime of terrorism under customary international law, the application of the modes of individual liability and the permissibility of cumulative charging. The authors argue that the Appeals Chamber's decision is procedurally flawed because it …
The Anatomy of an International Crime
In 2010 in Kampala, Uganda, the States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) adopted a set of amendments to the Rome Statute that define the elements and trigger mechanisms of the crime of aggression. However, significant questions remain as to what was actually agreed upon in Kampala, including with respect to the parameters of the crime itself. These questions, which include the applicability of exceptions for humanitarian intervent…
Testing the Limits of the Law against Those Who Test the Tribunal’s Limits
Since the modern era of international criminal law began with the establishment of the ad hoc tribunals, international criminal institutions have produced numerous notable developments ranging from substantive to procedural law. Contempt proceedings, which were not prescribed under the ad hoc tribunals’ statutes, exemplify this trend. At the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which also does not have express reference to contempt in its Statute,…
The War Crime of Starvation in Non-International Armed Conflict
The starvation of civilians is an all too frequent feature of armed conflict. While starvation may occur as an unintended consequence of military activities, it is also sometimes intentionally used by conflicting parties as a method of warfare. There is a broad consensus that the employment of starvation tactics during armed conflict is morally repugnant. This condemnation is reflected in many instruments of international law, which prohibit the …
Prosecuting Environmental Harm before the International Criminal Court
The threat of anthropocentric environmental harm grows more pressing each year. Around the world, human activities are devastating the natural environment and contributing to potentially irreversible climate change. This book explores the ways in which the International Criminal Court may effectively prosecute those who cause or contribute to serious environmental destruction. Written by an international lawyer who has prosecuted cases of war cri…
Reconciling the Dual-Faceted Mandates of Quasi-Judicial Human Rights Bodies
Focusing on evidentiary approaches, this article examines the burdens and standards of proof applied at United Nations quasi-judicial international human rights bodies. These bodies have dual-faceted mandates, combining legal and human rights traditions and imperatives. However, they diverge in their approach to evidence. This article argues that the prima facie approach developed over the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's 30 years of jurisp…
Criminalizing reprisals against the natural environment
Throughout history, armed conflicts have frequently seen serious harm committed against the natural environment. From the early 1960s to 1971, the United States used Agent Orange to defoliate large tracts of Vietnamese forests. In the 1990s, Saddam Hussein vengefully ordered the burning of Kuwaiti oil wells, resulting in massive pollution to the air, land and surrounding seas. More recently, ecocentric harm has been documented in the Colombian ci…
Expert Evidence and Digital Open Source Information
Digital open source information (DOSI) has emerged as a significant source of evidence for the International Criminal Court (‘the Court’) and other jurisdictions applying international criminal law. However, its use in litigation raises questions about who can be considered an expert in DOSI and what methods and safeguards they should adopt. This article examines how the Court can receive DOSI via expert evidence while maintaining rigorous fact-f…
Ecocide, environmental harm and framework integration at the International Criminal Court
Proving Ecocide
Focusing on the case study of pangolins, which are among the most trafficked wildlife species on the planet, this article examines how ecological science can contribute to proving ecocide and other environmental crimes before international courts. It explores multiple vectors through which ecological science is suited to assisting forensic processes, including establishing the widespread, long-term, and severe elements of ecocide, as well as the …
Human, all too human’
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · International Law and Human Rights (8 works) · Criminology (6 works) · International law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (6 works) · Criminal court (4 works) · Criminal law (4 works)