Table of Contents

1. What is international criminal law?; 2. The objectives of international criminal law; 3. Jurisdiction; 4. National prosecutions of international crimes; 5. State Cooperation with respect to national proceedings; 6. The history of international criminal prosecutions: Nuremberg and Tokyo; 7. The ad hoc international criminal tribunals; 8. The International Criminal Court; 9. Other courts with international elements; 10. Genocide; 11. Crimes against humanity; 12. War crimes; 13. Aggression; 14. Transnational crimes, terrorism and torture; 15. General principles of liability; 16. Defences/grounds for excluding criminal responsibility; 17. Procedures of international criminal investigations and prosecutions; 18. Sentencing, penalties and reparations to victims; 19. State cooperation with international courts and tribunals; 20. Immunities; 21. Conclusions: the future of international criminal law.

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This textbook explores international criminal law and its application to domestic prosecutions of international crimes.

About the Author

Robert Cryer is lecturer in international law at the University of Nottingham. Hakan Friman is visiting Professor Visiting at University College London. Darryl Robinson is currently holds a position at the Prosecutor's Office at the International Criminal Court. Elizabeth Wilmshurst is a Senior Fellow at Chatham House and visiting professor at University College London.

Reviews

'... splendid new textbook ...' Times Higher Education Supplement 'The clarity of exposition means it can equally be used for undergraduates as a work of reference ...' Times Higher Education Supplement