The chapters in this book are reworkings of presentations given during a conference held in 2018 at the German Embassy to the Netherlands in The Hague on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute. They provide an in-depth analysis of major points of contention the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently facing, such as, inter alia, head of state immunities, withdrawal from the Rome Statute, the exercise of jurisdiction vis-a-vis third-party nationals, the activation of the Court's jurisdiction regarding the crime of aggression, as well as the relationship of the Court with both the Security Council and the African Union, all of which are issues that have a continued relevance and carry a particular controversy. The collection provides insights from both practitioners, including judges of the ICC, and diplomats who participated in the negotiations leading to the adoption of the Rome Statute, as well as well-known academics from various parts of the world working in the field of international criminal law. The aim of the book is not only to inform and stimulate academic debate on the topic, but also to serve as an instrument for lawyers involved in the practice of international criminal law. Gerhard Werle is Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Humboldt-University in Berlin, Germany and Andreas Zimmermann is Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Potsdam in Germany. Jurgen Bering, who worked on this book as assistant editor, is an Associate at Dentons, Berlin and a PhD candidate at the Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

This book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the provisions of the 'Malabo Protocol'-the amendment protocol to the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights-adopted by the African Union at its 2014 Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The Annex to the protocol, once it has received the required number of ratifications, will create a new Section in the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights with jurisdiction over international and transnational crimes, hence an 'African Criminal Court'. In this book, leading experts in the field of international criminal law analyze the main provisions of the Annex to the Malabo Protocol. The book provides an essential and topical source of information for scholars, practitioners and students in the field of international criminal law, and for all readers with an interest in political science and African studies. Gerhard Werle is Professor of German and Internationa l Crimina l Law, Criminal Procedure and Modern Legal History at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin and Director of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice. In addition, he is an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape and Honorary Professor at North-West University of Political Science and Law (Xi'an, China). Moritz Vormbaum received his doctoral degree in criminal law from the University of Munster (Germany) and his postdoctoral degree from Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. He is a Senior Researcher at Humboldt-Universitat, as well as a coordinator and lecturer at the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice.

The book deals with the controversial relationship between African states, represented by the African Union, and the International Criminal Court. This relationship started promisingly but has been in crisis in recent years. The overarching aim of the book is to analyze and discuss the achievements and shortcomings of interventions in Africa by the International Criminal Court as well as to develop proposals for cooperation between international courts, domestic courts outside Africa and courts within Africa. For this purpose, the book compiles contributions by practitioners of the International Criminal Court and by role players of the judiciary of African countries as well as by academic experts.

"Principles of International Criminal Law" was first published four years ago and has been well received. It has since appeared not only in a second German edition, but also in Spanish, Italian and Chinese. Rapid developments in the field have now made a new English edition necessary. The worldwide interest in international criminal law is strong and ever growing. This is shown by, among other things, the proliferation of publications on the subject in recent years. While the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda will soon cease operations, the International Criminal Court is just getting in gear: The Court's first decisions on important issues of procedural and substantive law are now available. Other forms of enforcing international criminal law, such as "hybrid" courts, have also assumed greater importance; at the same time, international criminal law has come increasingly to be implemented and enforced in domestic criminal law. Today, there are many indications that international criminal law will continue to develop rather than stagnate or even suffer reversals.

With the establishment of numerous international and mixed tribunals in recent years, international criminal law has gained unprecedented importance and continues to expand tremendously. This systematic analysis of substantive international criminal law examines its general principles, sources and evolution as well as specific international crimes, providing an in-depth analysis of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and customary international law. The updated second edition takes account of the emerging case law of the ICC and other international and national courts in the field. It includes more recent methods of enforcing international criminal law, such as hybrid tribunals, and contains a new separate chapter on implementation.

The expression "transitional justice" emerged at the end of the Cold War, during the transition from dictatorships to democracies, and serves as a central concept in dealing with systemic injustice. This textbook examines the basic principles of transitional justice and explores its core mechanisms, including prosecutions, amnesties, truth commissions, reparations, and vetting the public service. It elaborates the substance and legal framework of these mechanisms and discusses current challenges. The book provides extensive material illustrating a wide variety of transitional justice situations. "This book summarizes the subjects of transitional justice and Vergangenheitsbewaltigung systematically and clearly" (Joachim Gauck, German Federal President, 2012-2017).

The chapters in this book are reworkings of presentations given during a conference held in 2018 at the German Embassy to the Netherlands in The Hague on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute. They provide an in-depth analysis of major points of contention the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently facing, such as, inter alia, head of state immunities, withdrawal from the Rome Statute, the exercise of jurisdiction vis-a-vis third-party nationals, the activation of the Court's jurisdiction regarding the crime of aggression, as well as the relationship of the Court with both the Security Council and the African Union, all of which are issues that have a continued relevance and carry a particular controversy. The collection provides insights from both practitioners, including judges of the ICC, and diplomats who participated in the negotiations leading to the adoption of the Rome Statute, as well as well-known academics from various parts of the world working in the field of international criminal law. The aim of the book is not only to inform and stimulate academic debate on the topic, but also to serve as an instrument for lawyers involved in the practice of international criminal law. Gerhard Werle is Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Humboldt-University in Berlin, Germany and Andreas Zimmermann is Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Potsdam in Germany. Jurgen Bering, who worked on this book as assistant editor, is an Associate at Dentons, Berlin and a PhD candidate at the Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

Teil I Grundriss: Was heisst Transitional Justice?.- Was bedeutet der Begriff "Transition"?.- Der rechtliche Rahmen von Transitional Justice.- Strafverfolgung.- Amnestien.- Wahrheitskommissionen.- Wiedergutmachung.- UEberprufung des oeffentlichen Dienstes.- Evaluierung von Aufarbeitungsprozessen.- Ausblick.- Teil II Landersituationen: Afrika und Naher Osten.- Asien.- Europa.- Lateinamerika und Karibik.

Die fünfte Auflage des Lehrbuchs zum Völkerstrafrecht behandelt in bewährter Form die Grundlagen und den Allgemeinen Teil des Völkerstrafrechts sowie die einzelnen Völkerrechtsverbrechen. Internationale Rechtsprechung und Schrifttum sind auf aktuellem Stand umfassend berücksichtigt. Neu eingefügt wurden Abschnitte zur Kritik und zur Fragmentierung des Völkerstrafrechts, zu den durch die 16. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz zum IStGH-Statut beschlossenen Kriegsverbrechen des Einsatzes verbotener Kampfmittel, zur Verfolgung von Völkerrechtsverbrechen in Syrien und Nordirak sowie zur Umsetzung der Neuregelungen über das Aggressionsverbrechen in Deutschland. Vollständig neu gestaltet wurden die Abschnitte zu den Kriegs- und Menschlichkeitsverbrechen der Sklaverei und Versklavung sowie der sexualisierten Gewalt und zum Kriegsverbrechen des Angriffs auf besonders geschützte Objekte, insbesondere auf Kulturgüter. Weitere Schwerpunkte der Überarbeitung bilden die Abschnitte über Quellen und Auslegung des Völkerstrafrechts, die innere Tatseite und die Formen strafbarer Beteiligung sowie die Immunität.

Der fA1/4nfte Band dokumentiert in zwei TeilbAnden die Strafverfahren wegen Rechtsbeugung durch die DDR-Justiz. Die Anklagen gegen ehemalige Richter und StaatsanwAlte der DDR betrafen zumeist ihre Mitwirkung an der politischen Strafjustiz. Hier liegt auch der Schwerpunkt der Dokumentation. Besondere Bedeutung kommt den Strafverfahren im Zusammenhang mit den Waldheimer Prozessen und der "Aktion Rose" sowie dem "Havemann-Verfahren" zu. Daneben werden Rechtsbeugungsverfahren wegen arbeits- oder zivilrechtlicher Entscheidungen der DDR-Justiz wiedergegeben. Die abgedruckten Justizdokumente verschaffen einen Einblick in die rechtlichen Probleme der Strafverfolgung von Justizunrecht und geben zeithistorisch darA1/4ber Aufschluss, welche Rolle der gesteuerten Justiz bei der UnterdrA1/4ckung unangepassten und oppositionellen Verhaltens in den verschiedenen Entwicklungsphasen der DDR zukam.

The fifth volume documents the criminal procedures concerning the perversion of justice through the GDR law in two volumes. The charges against former judges and public prosecutors of the GDR mostly pertained to their participation in the political criminal justice. The emphasis of the documentation also lies here. Criminal procedure inheres specific meaning in connection with the Waldheim trials and the a oeAktion Rosea [a oeOperation Rosea ] as well as the a oeHavemann triala . In addition perversion of justice processes concerning labor and civil law rulings of the GDR law are described. The printed law documents provide an insight into the legal problems of the criminal prosecution from legal injustice and gives historical insights on this, whose role inhered controlled justice with the oppression of non-conformist and oppositional behavior in the different development phases of the GDR.

Der sechste Band dokumentiert die Verfolgung von MfS-Straftaten. Gegenstand der Verfahren waren zum einen standardisierte Massnahmen des Ministeriums fur Staatssicherheit der DDR, wie das Abhoeren von Telefongesprachen, die Postkontrolle und die konspirative Wohnungsdurchsuchung. Dazu gehoert auch der Bruch der beruflichen Schweigepflicht durch AErzte und Rechtsanwalte, die dem MfS als inoffizielle Mitarbeiter zuarbeiteten. Zum anderen befasste sich die Strafjustiz mit Aktivitaten des MfS, die nach Art und Ausfuhrung eher den Charakter von Einzelfallmassnahmen hatten: Mordanschlage, Verschleppungen, Denunziationen von Fluchtvorhaben und regimekritischen Handlungen, unerlaubte Festnahmen, Repressalien gegen Ausreiseantragsteller, die Einwirkung auf psychiatrische Behandlungen sowie die Aufnahme von Angehoerigen der "Rote Armee Fraktion" in der DDR. Angeklagt waren neben hauptamtlichen und inoffiziellen Mitarbeitern des MfS auch Privatpersonen, die in MfS-Aktionen verstrickt waren. Die Dokumentation zeigt die umfassende Durchdringung aller Lebensbereiche der DDR-Gesellschaft durch das MfS. Zugleich werden die besonderen rechtlichen und tatsachlichen Schwierigkeiten deutlich, vor die sich die Strafjustiz bei der Aufarbeitung dieser Deliktsgruppe gestellt sah.

Principles of International Criminal Law is one of the most influential textbooks in the field of international criminal justice. This fourth edition builds on the highly-successful work of the previous editions, setting out the general principles governing international crimes as well as the fundamentals of both substantive and procedural international criminal law. It provides a detailed understanding of the sources and evolution of international criminal law, demonstrating how it has developed, and how its application has changed. The book assesses in detail the four key international crimes as defined by the statute of the International Criminal Court: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. The new edition revises and updates the work with developments in international criminal justice since 2014. It includes substantial new material on critical perspectives on international criminal justice, the fragmentation of international criminal law, new war crimes of prohibited means of warfare, and the prosecution of crimes committed in Syria and Northern Iraq.The book retains its highly-acclaimed systematic approach and consistent methodology, making it essential reading for both students and scholars of international criminal law, as well as practitioners and judges working in the field.