Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court : observers' notes, article by article

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Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court : observers' notes, article by article

edited by Otto Triffterer

C.H. Beck , Hart , Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, c2008

2nd ed

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On 1st July 2008, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court entered into force enabling the ICC, as laid down in the Preamble to the Statute, to affirm "that the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole must not go unpunished and that their effective prosecution must be ensured by taking measures at national level and by enhancing international cooperation". In the second edition of their Commentary, Otto Triffterer and a number of eminent legal practitioners and scholars in the field of international criminal law give a detailed article-by-article analysis of both the Statute as well as the "Elements of Crime" and the "Rules of Procedure and Evidence", adopted by the Assembly of States Parties in 2002, and the "Regulations of the Court", adopted by the Judges of the ICC in 2004. The second edition is a substantially revised and significantly amended version of the first edition of 1999, considering the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as well as other international, "semi-international" or national courts and the relevant literature since 1999. The Commentary will be an invaluable aid to all practitioners and scholars dealing with the Rome Statute and the jurisdiction established by its "Complementarity Regime".

Table of Contents

PREAMBLE Morten Bergsmo/Otto Triffterer PART 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT Preliminary Remarks: The Permanent International Criminal Court - Ideal and Reality Otto Triffterer Article 1 The Court Otto Triffterer Article 2 Relationship of the Court with the United Nations Antonio Marchesi Article 3 Seat of the Court Gerard A.M. Strijards Article 4 Legal status and powers of the Court Wiebke Ruckert PART 2. JURISDICTION, ADMISSIBILITY AND APPLICABLE LAW Article 5 Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court Andreas Zimmermann Article 6 Genocide William A. Schabas Article 7 Crimes against humanity para. 1 "Chapeau" Rodney Dixon, revised by Christopher K. Hall para. 1 (a)-(f) Christopher K. Hall (g) Machteld Boot, revised by Christopher K. Hall (h) M. Boot/C. K. Hall, revised by Christopher K. Hall (i) and (j) Christopher K. Hall (k) Machteld Boot, revised by Christopher K. Hall para. 2 (a) Rodney Dixon, revised by Christopher K. Hall (b)-(e) Christopher K. Hall (f) and (g) Machteld Boot, revised by Christopher K. Hall (h) and (i) Christopher K. Hall para. 3 Machteld Boot, revised by Christopher K. Hall Article 8 War crimes para. 1 Michael Cottier para. 2 (a) Knut Dormann para. 2 (b) Preliminary Remarks Michael Cottier (i) Knut Dormann (ii) Knut Dormann (iii) Michael Cottier (iv) Roberta Arnold (v) Roberta Arnold (vi) Michael Cottier (vii) Michael Cottier (viii) Michael Cottier (ix) Roberta Arnold (x) Andreas Zimmermann (xi) Michael Cottier (xii) Michael Cottier (xiii) Andreas Zimmermann (xiv) Michael Cottier (xv) Michael Cottier (xvi) Andreas Zimmermann (xvii)-(xx) Michael Cottier (xxi) Patricia Viseur Sellers/Elizabeth Bennion (xxii) Michael Cottier (xxiii) Roberta Arnold (xxiv) Roberta Arnold (xxv) Michael Cottier (xxvi) Michael Cottier (c)-(f) Andreas Zimmermann para. 3 Andreas Zimmermann Article 9 Elements of Crimes Erkin Gadirov, revised by Roger S. Clark Article 10 [...] Otto Triffterer Article 11 Jurisdiction ratione temporis Sharon A. Williams Article 12 Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction Sharon A. Williams/William A. Schabas Article 13 Exercise of jurisdiction Sharon A. Williams/William A. Schabas Article 14 Referral of a situation by a State Party Antonio Marchesi Article 15 Prosecutor Morten Bergsmo/Jelena Pejic Article 16 Deferral of investigation or prosecution Morten Bergsmo/Jelena Pejic Article 17 Issues of admissibility Sharon A. Williams/William A. Schabas Article 18 Preliminary rulings regarding admissibility Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko Article 19 Challenges to the jurisdiction of the Court or the admissibility of a case Christopher K. Hall Article 20 Ne bis in idem Immi Tallgren/Astrid Reisinger Coracini Article 21 Applicable law Margaret McAuliffe deGuzman PART 3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW Article 22 Nullum crimen sine lege Bruce Broomhall Article 23 Nulla poena sine lege William A. Schabas Article 24 Non-retroactivity ratione personae Raul C. Pangalangan Article 25 Individual criminal responsibility Kai Ambos Article 26 Exclusion of jurisdiction over persons under eighteen Roger S. Clark/Otto Triffterer Article 27 Irrelevance of official capacity Otto Triffterer Article 28 Responsibility of commanders and other superiors Roberta Arnold/Otto Triffterer Article 29 Non-applicability of statute of limitations William A. Schabas Article 30 Mental element Donald K. Piragoff/Darryl Robinson Article 31 Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility Albin Eser Article 32 Mistake of fact or mistake of law Otto Triffterer Article 33 Superior orders and prescription of law Otto Triffterer PART 4. COMPOSITION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURT Article 34 Organs of the Court Karim A.A. Khan Article 35 Service of judges Zhu Wen-qi/Sureta Chana Article 36 Qualifications, nomination and election of judges Zhu Wen-qi/Sureta Chana Article 37 Judicial vacancies Zhu Wen-qi/Sureta Chana Article 38 The Presidency Jules Deschenes/Christopher Staker Article 39 Chambers Jules Deschenes/Christopher Staker Article 40 Independence of the judges Jules Deschenes/Christopher Staker Article 41 Excusing and disqualification of judges Jules Deschenes/Christopher Staker Article 42 The Office of the Prosecutor Morten Bergsmo/Frederik Harhoff Article 43 The Registry David Tolbert Article 44 Staff David Tolbert/Brigitte Benoit Article 45 Solemn undertaking David Tolbert/Brigitte Benoit Article 46 Removal from office David Tolbert/Brigitte Benoit Article 47 Disciplinary measures David Tolbert/Brigitte Benoit Article 48 Privileges and immunities David Tolbert/Brigitte Benoit Article 49 Salaries, allowances and expenses David Tolbert/Magdalini Karagiannakis Article 50 Official and working languages David Tolbert/Magdalini Karagiannakis Article 51 Rules of Procedure and Evidence Bruce Broomhall Article 52 Regulations of the Court

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