Fighting and Victimhood in International Criminal Law

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-87777-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in International Law

The act of fighting or being a fighter has certain consequences in international law. The most obvious example can be found in international humanitarian law, where a distinction is drawn between fighters and civilians, with fighters being military objectives and civilians being protected from attack. Another example is from international human rights law, where it has been held that the particular characteristics of military life have to be taken into account when interpreting the human rights of members of state armed forces. This volume focuses on the field of international criminal law and asks the question: what relevance does fighting have to victimhood in international criminal law?

Among the topics which are explored are: how have international criminal courts and tribunals untangled lawful casualties of war from victims of war crimes? How have they determined who is a member of an organised armed group and who is not? What crimes can those who fight be victims of during hostilities? When does it become relevant in international criminal law that an alleged victim of a crime was a person hors de combat rather than a civilian? Can war crimes be committed against members of non-opposing forces? Can persons hors de combat be victims of crimes against humanity and genocide? What special considerations surround peacekeepers and child soldiers as victims of international crimes?

The author carries out an in-depth exploration of case law from international criminal courts and tribunals to assess how they have dealt with these questions. She concludes that the import of fighting upon victimhood in the context of international criminal law has not always been appreciated to the extent it should have been.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nicholson, JoAnna (University of Oslo, Norway)

Nicholson, Joanna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Genozid und ethnische Säuberung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Table of Treaties and Cases

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Untangling Victims of War Crimes from Lawful Casualties of War

Chapter 3 Fighting and War Crimes Involving Prohibited Means and Methods of Warfare

Chapter 4 War Crimes and Persons Hors de Combat

Chapter 5 Members of Non-opposing Forces as Victims of War Crimes

Chapter 6 Child Soldiers

Chapter 7 Peacekeepers

Chapter 8 Crimes against Humanity, Genocide and Fighting

Chapter 9 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joanna Nicholson is a postdoctoral researcher at PluriCourts: Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway.