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International crimes, such as crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes, are committed by individuals. However, individuals rarely commit such crimes for their own profit. Instead, such crimes are often caused by collective entities. Notable examples include the 'dirty war' in Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s, the atrocities committed during the Balkan Wars in the early 1990s and the crimes committed during the ongoing armed conflicts in the Darfur area in Sudan. Referring to Darfur, the Prosecutor of the ICC noted in 2008 that, although he had indicted a few individuals, 'the information gathered points to an ongoing pattern of crimes committed with the mobilisation of the whole state apparatus'. This book reviews the main legal avenues that are available within the international legal order to address the increasingly important problem of system criminality and identifies possible improvements.

Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian law --- Criminal jurisdiction. --- International crimes. --- International offenses. --- Crimes, International --- International crime --- International offenses --- Crime --- Conflict of criminal jurisdiction --- Conflict of laws --- Criminal law --- Criminal procedure --- Exterritorial crime --- Jurisdiction --- International criminal law --- Criminal jurisdiction --- International crimes --- Law --- General and Others

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Cherif Bassiouni is often referred to as 'the father of international criminal law.' Every major international criminal law instrument developed in the last forty years, from the Torture Convention to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, bears his hallmark. His writings, diplomatic initiatives, fieldwork, and even litigation have made an unparalleled contribution to the emergence of international criminal law as a distinct discipline within the field of international law. This book contains a collection of fifteen scholarly essays, written by leading experts from around the world, about the theory and practice of modern international criminal law, with a focus on Cherif Bassiouni's unique legacy within this important area. Among the contributing authors are Louise Arbour , UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Mahnoush Arsanjani , Chief of the UN Office of Legal Affairs Codification Division; Diane Orentlicher , UN Independent Expert on Combating Impunity; Michael Reisman , former President of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights; Yves Sandoz , Director for International Law of the International Committee of the Red Cross; William Schabas , Member of the Sierra Leone Truth Commission; Brigitte Stern , Advocate for the Bosnians in the World Court's Genocide case; and Prince Hassan bin Talal , first President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court.

Criminal jurisdiction. --- Criminal procedure (International law) --- International criminal procedure --- International criminal law --- Conflict of criminal jurisdiction --- Conflict of laws --- Criminal law --- Criminal procedure --- Exterritorial crime --- Jurisdiction --- Bassiouni, M. Cherif, --- Pa-hsi-ao-ni, M. C., --- Bassiouni, Cherif, --- Baxiaoni, M. C., --- Basyūnī, Maḥmūd Sharīf, --- بسيونى، محمود شريف، --- Bassiouni, Mahmoud Cherif,

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This major new study examines the developing practice of universal jurisdiction, as well as the broader phenomenon of ""globalizing"" justice, and its ramifications.With a detailed overview of the contemporary practice of universal jurisdiction, it discerns three trends at work: pure universal jurisdiction, universal jurisdiction ""plus"", and non-use. It also argues that these disparities in practice should raise serious concerns as to the legitimacy and perceived legitimacy of such globalized justice. It then turns to a further consideration, that of globalized justic

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Talmudic legislation prescribed penalty for a Jew to testify in a non-Jewish court, against a fellow Jew, to benefit a gentile - for breach of a duty of loyalty to a fellow Jew. Through close textual analysis, Saul Berman explores how Jewish jurists responded when this virtue of loyalty conflicted with values such as Justice, avoidance of desecration of God's Name, deterrence of crime, defence of self, protection of Jewish community, and the duty to adhere to Law of the Land. Essential for scholars and graduate students in Talmud, Jewish law and comparative law, this key volume details the nature of these loyalties as values within the Jewish legal system, and how the resolution of these conflicts was handled. Berman additionally explores why this issue has intensified in contemporary times and how the related area of 'Mesirah' has wrongfully come to be prominently associated with this law regulating testimony.

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This book analyzes the implementation of Law 975 in Colombia, known as the Justice and Peace Law, and proposes a critical view of the transitional scenario in Colombia from 2005 onwards. The author analyzes three aspects of the law: 1) The process of negotiation with paramilitary groups; 2) The constitution of the Group Memoria Histórica (Historic Memory) in Colombia and 3) The process of a 2007 law that was finally not passed. The book contains interviews with key actors in the justice and peace process in Colombia. The author analyses the contradictions, tensions, ambiguities and paradoxes that define the practices of such actors. This book highlights that a critical view of this kind of transitional scenario is indispensable to determine steps towards a just and peaceful society. Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Andes, Colombia. He holds an M.A. in Social Anthropology and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences. His research focuses on the intersections of body, suffering, and political violence. Aranguren is author of Cuerpos al límite: tortura, subjetividad y memoria en Colombia(2016) and Las inscripciones de la guerra en el cuerpo de los jóvenes combatientes (2011). .

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