Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6548249 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Astrid |
| FAMILY NAME | Kjeldgaard-Pedersen |
| SIGNATURE | KJELDGAARD-PEDERSEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1676-0795 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Personal Immunity Before the International Criminal Court
This chapter explores the apparent disagreement between the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) concerning personal immunity, which was recently actualized by the ICC’s arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Min Aung Hlaing as well as by the establishment of The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The ICC’s leading judgment from 2019 in the case concern…
The Nordic States
The chapter on the Nordic States—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—begins by outlining key aspects of domestic as well as international history that have had significant impact on the region’s predominantly positive attitude towards international law. Despite certain differences among them—due in part to geopolitical interests—the Nordics have a long-standing tradition of extensive cooperation on important questions of international l…
Is the Quality of the ICC’s Legal Reasoning an Obstacle to Its Ability to Deter International Crimes
Given that the Rome Statute is only binding upon its member states, there is a certain element of judicial megalomania in the recurrent claim by the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it acts ‘on behalf of the international community as a whole’ in its endeavour to end impunity for international crimes. Focusing on recent ICC rulings concerning the nature and function of the Court, this article queries whether the quality of the Court’s lega…
Competing Perceptions of Hybrid Justice
Mixing insights from critical sociology and legal scholarship, this article analyses the diverging professional interests at play in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ( eccc ) and examines how they affect the Chambers’ application of the law. The article shows that judicial interpretation in the eccc is influenced by two non-legal factors. One is the overall shared interest of the competing groups of professionals occupying the…
New publications in international humanitarian law and on the International Committee of the Red Cross
The Library of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes researchers interested in international humanitarian law (IHL) and the organization's work throughout the years. Its online catalogue is the gateway to the most recent scholarship on the subject, documents of Diplomatic and International Conferences, all ICRC publications, rare documents published between the founding of the ICRC and the end of the First World War, and a …
Striking the Balance between Custom and Justice − Creative Legal Reasoning by International Criminal Courts
Certain customary norms complicate the work of international criminal courts and tribunals ( ict s). The principle of legality prescribes that no one can be convicted for ‘new’ or ill-defined crimes, and the rules on personal immunity bar ict s from prosecuting high-level defendants. In cases involving these issues, ict s face the dilemma of weighing fundamental ‘rule of law’ principles against their core objective: to hold leaders accountable fo…
What Defines an International Criminal Court
Since the post-Second World War tribunals, only a few scholars have attempted to draw a definitional distinction between international and national criminal courts. Remarkable exceptions include Robert Woetzel, who in 1962 categorized criminal courts according to ‘the involvement of the international community’, and Sarah Williams, who 50 years later relied on the same factor in her definitions of ‘hybrid’ and ‘internationalized’ criminal tribuna…
The Influence of the Concept of International Legal Personality in the Drafting of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice
In 1920, when the Advisory Committee of Jurists was appointed by the Council of the League of Nations to be responsible for the development of a Permanent Court of International Justice (pcij), it was conventional wisdom among scholars that only states could possess international legal personality. It would therefore seem safe to assume that the limited role of individuals under the adopted Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice …
The Evolution of the Right of Individuals to Seise the European Court of Human Rights
The year 2009 was a milestone for the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR" or "the Court") in at least two ways. On the bright side, the Court can celebrate its 50 th anniversary and its continuous role as principal promoter of human rights in the now 47 Member States of the Council of Europe ("CoE" or "the Council"). However, 2009 was also the year in which the number of pending cases before the Court passed the disturbing 100,000 benchmark. …
The Evolution of the Right of Individuals to Seise the European Court of Human Rights
The year 2009 was a milestone for the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR" or "the Court") in at least two ways. On the bright side, the Court can celebrate its 50 th anniversary and its continuous role as principal promoter of human rights in the now 47 Member States of the Council of Europe ("CoE" or "the Council"). However, 2009 was also the year in which the number of pending cases before the Court passed the disturbing 100,000 benchmark. …
The Evolution of the Right of Individuals to Seise the European Court of Human Rights
The year 2009 was a milestone for the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR" or "the Court") in at least two ways. On the bright side, the Court can celebrate its 50 th anniversary and its continuous role as principal promoter of human rights in the now 47 Member States of the Council of Europe ("CoE" or "the Council"). However, 2009 was also the year in which the number of pending cases before the Court passed the disturbing 100,000 benchmark. …
The Influence of the Concept of International Legal Personality in the Drafting of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice
In 1920, when the Advisory Committee of Jurists was appointed by the Council of the League of Nations to be responsible for the development of a Permanent Court of International Justice (pcij), it was conventional wisdom among scholars that only states could possess international legal personality. It would therefore seem safe to assume that the limited role of individuals under the adopted Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice …
What Defines an International Criminal Court
Since the post-Second World War tribunals, only a few scholars have attempted to draw a definitional distinction between international and national criminal courts. Remarkable exceptions include Robert Woetzel, who in 1962 categorized criminal courts according to ‘the involvement of the international community’, and Sarah Williams, who 50 years later relied on the same factor in her definitions of ‘hybrid’ and ‘internationalized’ criminal tribuna…
Striking the Balance between Custom and Justice − Creative Legal Reasoning by International Criminal Courts
Certain customary norms complicate the work of international criminal courts and tribunals ( ict s). The principle of legality prescribes that no one can be convicted for ‘new’ or ill-defined crimes, and the rules on personal immunity bar ict s from prosecuting high-level defendants. In cases involving these issues, ict s face the dilemma of weighing fundamental ‘rule of law’ principles against their core objective: to hold leaders accountable fo…
New publications in international humanitarian law and on the International Committee of the Red Cross
The Library of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes researchers interested in international humanitarian law (IHL) and the organization's work throughout the years. Its online catalogue is the gateway to the most recent scholarship on the subject, documents of Diplomatic and International Conferences, all ICRC publications, rare documents published between the founding of the ICRC and the end of the First World War, and a …
Competing Perceptions of Hybrid Justice
Mixing insights from critical sociology and legal scholarship, this article analyses the diverging professional interests at play in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ( eccc ) and examines how they affect the Chambers’ application of the law. The article shows that judicial interpretation in the eccc is influenced by two non-legal factors. One is the overall shared interest of the competing groups of professionals occupying the…
Is the Quality of the ICC’s Legal Reasoning an Obstacle to Its Ability to Deter International Crimes
Given that the Rome Statute is only binding upon its member states, there is a certain element of judicial megalomania in the recurrent claim by the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it acts ‘on behalf of the international community as a whole’ in its endeavour to end impunity for international crimes. Focusing on recent ICC rulings concerning the nature and function of the Court, this article queries whether the quality of the Court’s lega…
The Nordic States
The chapter on the Nordic States—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—begins by outlining key aspects of domestic as well as international history that have had significant impact on the region’s predominantly positive attitude towards international law. Despite certain differences among them—due in part to geopolitical interests—the Nordics have a long-standing tradition of extensive cooperation on important questions of international l…
Personal Immunity Before the International Criminal Court
This chapter explores the apparent disagreement between the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) concerning personal immunity, which was recently actualized by the ICC’s arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Min Aung Hlaing as well as by the establishment of The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The ICC’s leading judgment from 2019 in the case concern…
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · International Law and Human Rights (6 works) · Law (6 works) · International law (5 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic Justice (3 works) · Cambodian History and Society (2 works) · Criminal justice (2 works)