The article examines the doctrinal foundations and legal grounds for establishment of a Special International Tribunal prosecution senior officials Russian Federation responsible committing international crimes on territory Ukraine.It has established that interaction national criminal jurisdictions is one most complex topical issues modern science. With this in mind, author analyzes peculiariti...

one of the most important issues in international criminal law is defenses. this issue has also significance in national law. in civil and criminal law system, there is a different approach with this question. the lawyers have named this question as forgotten point in international criminal law. international and national jurisprudence is often different and controversial in this matter. there ...

Background: With the idea of victim protection emerging and the emergence of supportive victimology in the twentieth century, the forgotten position of the victim in the criminal process has been restored and its findings expressed in the form of universal standards for victim protection. Support for the victim is indispensable and indisputable in criminal proceedings. This support has various ...

unwillingness of the competent state to prosecute and investigate an international crime within the jurisdiction of the international criminal court is one of the aspects of admissibility of a case in the court. unwillingness is originally a subjective concept and is capable for a vast interpretation therefore may endanger the basic goal of complementarity principle i.e. respecting states sover...

Abstract During the 1940s in London, exiled lawyers from Europe and Asia were among main actors coining one of most known principles international criminal law. The notion ‘crimes against humanity’ emanated their legal debates. This paper debates how term surfaced meetings United Nations War Crimes Commission ( UNWCC ) 1944 was taken up by London Charter for Nuremberg International Tribunal 194...

the united nations has a multiplex criminal policy to fight against genocide, judicial criminal policy being one of the aspects of this policy. rationally, justice requires that the guilty of genocidal acts be punished, the means of redress be provided for victims of such crimes and finally, the international peace and security be established. un judicial criminal policy regarding genocide is r...

* Chairman, National Environment Tribunal, Kenya. Former Director, UNEP. This paper draws from earlier papers on past colloquia in Kenya, two for High Court Judges (January and April 2006) and one for East Africa: the Court of Appeal Judges for Kenya, Tanzania and Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, Uganda. I acknowledge the research and other contributions of Judy Gitau of Kaniaru & Kaniaru Adv...