An Introduction to international criminal law and procedure / Robert Cryer, Håkan Friman, Darryl Robinson, Elizabeth Wilmshurst.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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International crimes.

Criminal procedure (International law)

International criminal courts.

International law.

1. Introduction: what is international criminal law?

2. The objectives of international criminal law

3. Jurisdiction

4. National prosecutions of international crimes

5. State cooperation with respect to national proceedings

6. The history of international criminal prosecutions

7. The ad hoc international criminal tribunals

8. The International Criminal Court

9. Other courts with international elements

10. Genocide

11. Crimes against humanity

12. War crimes

13. Aggression

14. Transnational crimes, terrorism and torture

15. General principles of liability

16. Defences/grounds for excluding criminal responsibility

17. Procedures of international criminal investigations and prosecutions

18. Sentencing, penalties and reparations to victims

19. State cooperation with the international courts and tribunals

20. Immunities

21. Conclusions: the future of international criminal law.

Written by four international lawyers this book covers substantive international criminal law, the institutions designed to enforce it and their procedures, and the international law applicable to domestic prosecutions of international crimes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521699549

xli, 477 p.