Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

Michael Vagias analyses the law and procedure surrounding the territorial jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Definitions and state territorial jurisdiction; 3. The preparatory works of Article 12; 4. Instruments of interpretation of the Rome Statute and Article 12(2)(a); 5. 'The conduct in question'; 6. The effects doctrine; 7. Belligerent occupation; 8. Objections to the territorial jurisdiction of the Court; 9. Conclusions.

About the author

Michail Vagias is a lecturer at the Hague University of Applied Sciences and at Nyenrode New Business School, Amsterdam.

Summary

Michael Vagias analyses the International Criminal Court's territorial jurisdiction as regards, for example, partial commission of a crime in State not Party territory, crimes committed over the internet or crimes committed in occupied territories.

Additional text

'The Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court is an important addition to the growing body of scholarship examining the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.' Monique Cormier, Journal of International Criminal Justice

Product details

• Authors: Vagias Michail Vagias, Michail Vagias, Vagias Michail
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781316632512
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63251-2
• No. of pages: 378
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Law, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, International Criminal Law, Public International Law, Criminal law: procedure and offences, International Organisations & Institutions, International law: courts and procedures