International Crimes: Volume I: Genocide

This book discusses in detail the law of genocide: its definition, elements, normative status, and relationship to the other core international crimes. It is the first in a four volume compendium from Judge Mettraux on the four core international crimes.

List of contents

• Foreword


• Preface


• 1: Towards a Universal Law of International Crimes - General Introduction


• 2: A Short History of Genocide


• 3: Genocide under General International Law


• 4: Jurisdiction to Investigate and Prosecute Acts of Genocide


• 5: Duties to Prevent and to Punish Genocide


• 6: Immunities, Amnesties, and Statutes of Limitation


• 7: Contextual Element


• 8: Special Genocidal Intent / Dolus Specialis


• 9: Establishing Genocidal Intent


• 10: Punishable Acts


• 11: Genocide, Other Genocidal Acts, and Modes of Participation


• 12: Genocide and Other International Crimes

About the author

Guenael Mettraux, Judge, Kosovo Specialist Chambers; Panel Member, EU's Human Rights Review Panel; Emeritus Professor, University of Amsterdam; Affiliated Professor of International Criminal Law Practice, Penn State's Dickinson Law,

Summary

This book discusses in detail the law of genocide: its definition, elements, normative status, and relationship to the other core international crimes. It is the first in a four volume compendium from Judge Mettraux on the four core international crimes.

Product details

• Authors: Guénaël Mettraux, Guenael (Judge Mettraux
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2019
• EAN: 9780198843115
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884311-5
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: International Crimes
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / International, International Criminal Law, Public international law: criminal law, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Volume I: Genocide