Rainbow Jurisdiction at the International Criminal Court
Rainbow Jurisdiction at the International Criminal Court

Author: Valérie V. Suhr

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-12-13

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 9462654832

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This timely book comprehensively examines whether the worst human rights violations directed specifically at sexual and gender minorities are punishable under international criminal law, as codified in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Drawing on general rules of interpretation, the development of human rights for sexual and gender minorities, and the social construction of gender, this monograph reveals that the worst crimes committed against persons because of their sexual orientation or gender identity can amount to crimes against humanity, particularly the crime of persecution under Article 7(1)(h). It also shows how legislators can be held individually criminally responsible for passing laws that criminalize consensual same-sex sexuality. The book not only makes a significant and original contribution to the literature but is also highly relevant for international criminal law practitioners, since, so far, no cases regarding this topic exist. Dr. Valérie V. Suhr is currently a trainee lawyer in the district of the Koblenz Court of Appeal in Germany

Convergences and Divergences Between International Human Rights, International Humanitarian and International Criminal Law
Convergences and Divergences Between International Human Rights, International Humanitarian and International Criminal Law

Author: Paul De Hert

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780686400

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Although rooted in a similar ideal, human rights (IHRL), international criminal law (ICL) and international humanitarian law (IHL) are separate fields of law, best represented as circles, each of which overlaps with the other two. However human rights often seems to absorb the other two, while in other situations, the lines between human rights law and its next door neighbours are blurred or contested.This volume consists of three main parts. The first main part explores the convergences and divergences between IHL and/or IHRL on the one hand, and ICL stricto sensu on the other hand. The second part investigates the convergences and divergences between IHRL and transnational crimes, or ICL in the broader sense, which suppresses crimes such as drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings and corruption through international treaties providing for domestic enforcement. The last main part of this volume provides the reader with novel and original insights as to how IHRL and IHL converge and diverge by considering if and how the norms of other branches of international law come into play and how the European Court of Human Rights has engaged with the sometimes contradicting norms of IHL. It furthermore analyses the relationship between the specific IHL and IHRL norms which prohibit arbitrary displacement and maps their interaction. Finally, the effectiveness of States' investigations of war crimes committed by their armed forces is evaluated by emphasising attention to the relevant standards developed within IHRL, since IHL does not indicate specific criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of an investigation.

Diversity and Inclusion across languages
Diversity and Inclusion across languages

Author: Bernadette Hofer-Bonfim

Publisher: Frank & Timme GmbH

Published: 2023-03-02

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 3732908860

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Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) in a corporate business may once have been no more than a lofty goal. Today it is seen as an important asset for all types of businesses. This book analyzes the communicative aspects of D&I in organizational as well as corporate settings. Its close look into linguistic practices allows a deeper understanding of D&I and the challenges related to it. The interdisciplinary contributors (scholars and practitioners alike) used quantitative and qualitative approaches. They examined the communication for, within and about a diverse society from a variety of angles. The topics they cover include linguistic diversity, D&I in corporate reports and D&I in criminal law and boardrooms. Thus, they lay out the challenges of implementing D&I management in everyday business. They also highlight the relation between language use and D&I.

System Criminality in International Law
System Criminality in International Law

Author: Harmen van der Wilt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-07-02

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0521763568

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How does international law respond to situations where collective entities order, encourage or allow the committing of international crimes?

Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations
Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations

Author: Michael N. Schmitt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-02-02

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 1316828646

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Tallinn Manual 2.0 expands on the highly influential first edition by extending its coverage of the international law governing cyber operations to peacetime legal regimes. The product of a three-year follow-on project by a new group of twenty renowned international law experts, it addresses such topics as sovereignty, state responsibility, human rights, and the law of air, space, and the sea. Tallinn Manual 2.0 identifies 154 'black letter' rules governing cyber operations and provides extensive commentary on each rule. Although Tallinn Manual 2.0 represents the views of the experts in their personal capacity, the project benefitted from the unofficial input of many states and over fifty peer reviewers.

The International Law on Foreign Investment
The International Law on Foreign Investment

Author: M. Sornarajah

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-07-01

Total Pages: 703

ISBN-13: 1108605192

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The climate surrounding foreign investment law is one of controversy and change, and with implications for human rights and environmental protection, foreign investment law has gained widespread public attention and visibility. This fully updated edition of Sornarajah's classic text offers thought-provoking analysis of the law in historical, political and economic contexts, capturing leading trends and charting the possible course of future developments. It takes into account the newer types of treaties that establish a regulatory space for states and moves away from inflexible investment protection, exploring the newly created defences relating to environment, human rights, indigenous rights and other areas ending the fragmentation of the law. It looks at the current debates on legitimacy of the system and current efforts at reform. Suitable for postgraduate and undergraduate students, The International Law on Foreign Investment is essential reading for anyone specialising in the law of foreign investments.

International Law
International Law

Author: Vaughan Lowe

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2007-09-27

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0191027286

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International Law is both an introduction to the subject and a critical consideration of its central themes and debates. The opening chapters of the book explain how international law underpins the international political and economic system by establishing the basic principle of the independence of States, and their right to choose their own political, economic, and cultural systems. Subsequent chapters then focus on considerations that limit national freedom of choice (e.g. human rights, the interconnected global economy, the environment). Through the organizing concepts of territory, sovereignty, and jurisdiction the book shows how international law seeks to achieve an established set of principles according to which the power to make and enforce policies is distributed among States.

The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials
The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials

Author: Kevin Heller

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 0199671141

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Several war crimes trials are well-known to scholars, but others have received far less attention. This book assesses a number of these little-studied trials to recognise institutional innovations, clarify doctrinal debates, and identify their general relevance to the development of international criminal law.

International Crimes, Peace, and Human Rights: The Role of the International Criminal Court
International Crimes, Peace, and Human Rights: The Role of the International Criminal Court

Author: Dinah Shelton

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9004479740

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This collection of essays by sixteen outstanding authorities in the relevant fields assesses The International Criminal Court from the perspective of the year 1998 when it was first established by the Rome Statute. The book's detailed analysis of the potential uses (and misuses) of the Statute—its lacunae and shortcomings as well as its signal advances in jurisdiction and accountability—make International Crimes, Peace and Human Rights a significant reference and guide, not only to the Rome Statute, but also to the Court's jurisprudence as it develops in the coming years and decades. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.