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International Criminal Law and the Current Development of Public International Law

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Zimmermann, A. (Ed.) (2003). International Criminal Law and the Current Development of Public International Law. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Kiel Walther Schücking Institute of International Law May 30 - June 2, 2002. Duncker & Humblot. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-51091-7
Zimmermann, Andreas. International Criminal Law and the Current Development of Public International Law: Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Kiel Walther Schücking Institute of International Law May 30 - June 2, 2002. Duncker & Humblot, 2003. Book. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-51091-7
Zimmermann, A (ed.) (2003): International Criminal Law and the Current Development of Public International Law: Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Kiel Walther Schücking Institute of International Law May 30 - June 2, 2002, Duncker & Humblot, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-51091-7

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International Criminal Law and the Current Development of Public International Law

Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Kiel Walther Schücking Institute of International Law May 30 - June 2, 2002

Editors: Zimmermann, Andreas

Veröffentlichungen des Walther-Schücking-Instituts für Internationales Recht an der Universität Kiel, Vol. 144

(2003)

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International Criminal Law is one of the most vibrant and fast developing areas of international law. It is against this background that the Walther Schücking Institute at Kiel University organized a symposium aiming at analyzing whether and if so, to what extent international criminal law is exercizing influence on general public international law or whether international criminal law has instead become a separate field of law of its own with its specific methods and which therefore no longer is part of general international law.

This volume contains all presentations given during the conference as well as the discussions that took place. Speakers include Hans-Peter Kaul, currently judge at the International Criminal Court, who outlines the current challenges for the newly established Court as well as Wolff Heintschel v. Heinegg (Frankfurt/O.) who raises the question whether the traditional methods in developing new rules of customary international law are still valid with regard to international criminal law, taking into account in particular the fast developing jurisprudence of the two ad hoc Tribunals created by the Security Council and potential conflicts with the role of State practice as traditionally understood. Jan Klabbers (University of Helsinki) focuses on the role of third States, in particular the role of third States not parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, where he highlights the conflict between the traditional pacta tertiis rule and more modern approaches and understandings of international law. In a similar vein, Christine Chinkin (London School of Economics) demonstrates to what extent feminist approaches to international law have shaped our understanding of international criminal law and raises the question whether this development is part of an overall and more generalized movement. Finally, Leila Sadat (Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri) addresses the difficult question of the relationship between on the one hand international criminal prosecutions and on the other hand alternative forms of redress, such as e.g. amnesties or pardons, particularly taking into account restraints derived from general notions of international law such as the notion of ›jus cogens‹ and treaty obligations to punish such international crimes.

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Section Title Page Action Price
Foreword 5
Contents 7
Abbreviations 8
Opening Addresses 11
Rainer Hofmann 11
Andreas Zimmermann 13
The International Criminal Court – Current Perspective. Hans-Peter Kaul 15
Criminal International Law and Customary International Law. Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg 27
A. Introduction 27
B. War Crimes and Customary International Law 28
I. International Armed Conflicts 29
II. Non-International Armed Conflicts 29
C. War Crimes and Individual Criminal Responsibility 32
I. International Armed Contlicts 32
II. Non-International Armed Conflicts 33
D. Critical Analysis 35
I. Tadic 1995 35
II. Methodological Aspects 40
III. War Crimes as Part of Criminal International Law? 43
IV. Individuals as Subjects of International Law? 44
E. Concluding Remarks 45
The Spectre of International Criminal Justice: Third States and the ICC. Jan Klabbers 49
A. Introduction 49
B. Argumentative Culs-de-Sac 51
C. Public/Private, Private/Public 56
D. Between Individual and Community 59
E. Definitional Disagreement 64
F. Retroactivity and/or International Criminal Law 67
G. The Individual in the Law of Treaties 70
H. Concluding Remarks 71
Discussion 73
Feminist Reflections on International Criminal Law. Christine Chinkin 125
A. Introduction 125
B. Feminist Perspectives 128
c. The Public/Private Distinction in International Law 133
D. The Silences of International Law 140
E. Definitions of Crimes 143
I. Rape 144
II. Sexual Slavery 149
III. Public Outrage and Humiliation 151
F. Legal Proceedings 152
G. Conclusions 157
International Criminal Law and Alternative Modes of Redress. Leila Nadya Sadat 161
A. Introduction 161
B. Combating Impunity for International Crimes: The Accountability Paradigm 162
C. Challenges to the Accountability Paradigm: The Peace vs. Justice Debate 165
I. National Amnesties 165
II. National Truth Commissions 169
III. The South African Exception - Conditional Amnesties 171
IV. International Realpolitik 174
D. Accountability and Jurisdiction 176
E. The Implication for Amnesties and Other Challenges to Accountability on the Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction by States 177
I. The Validity of Amnesties in International Law 177
II. Are Amnesties or Other Challenges to Accountability Generally Desirable, from a Normative Perspective? 182
III. What Considerations Should Amnesties or Other Challenges to Accountability Receive from States Seeking to Pursue Individual Perpetrators Using Universal Jurisdiction to Do So? 187
F. Conclusion 193
Discussion 195
List of Participants 253