Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION1: Fundamentals of international criminal law2: The principle of legality3: The elements of international crimes, in particular the mental element PART II: SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAWSECTION I: INTERNATIONAL CRIMES4: War crimes5: Crimes against humanity6: Genocide7: Torture and aggression8: TerrorismSECTION II: MODES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY9: Perpetration: in particular joint and indirect perpetration10: Omission liability and superior responsibility11: Other modes of criminal liability and inchoate crimesSECTION III: CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDING CRIMINAL LIABILITY12: Justifications and excuses13: Obedience to superior orders and official capacity PART III: PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENTSECTION I: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION14: International criminal courts15: The repression of international crimes in domestic jurisdictions16: International versus national jurisdiction17: Legal impediments to the exercise of criminal jurisdictionSECTION II: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIALS18: The adoption of the essential features of the adversarial system19: General principles governing international criminal trials20: Investigation and trial before international criminal courts21: Appeals and enforcements

About the Author

The late Judge Antonio Cassese was President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He was a former Professor of International Law at Florence University and member of the Institut de droit International. He was also President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Paola Gaeta is a Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Development Studies. She is also Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Criminal Law.