Fighting and Victimhood in International Criminal Law is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Joanna Nicholson in 2017-10-12, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the Law genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging Law book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, Fighting and Victimhood in International Criminal Law can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
Fighting and Victimhood in International Criminal Law Book PDF Summary
The act of fighting or being a fighter has certain consequences in international law. The most obvious example can be found in international humanitarian law, where a distinction is drawn between fighters and civilians, with fighters being military objectives and civilians being protected from attack. Another example is from international human rights law, where it has been held that the particular characteristics of military life have to be taken into account when interpreting the human rights of members of state armed forces. This volume focuses on the field of international criminal law and asks the question: what relevance does fighting have to victimhood in international criminal law? Among the topics which are explored are: how have international criminal courts and tribunals untangled lawful casualties of war from victims of war crimes? How have they determined who is a member of an organised armed group and who is not? What crimes can those who fight be victims of during hostilities? When does it become relevant in international criminal law that an alleged victim of a crime was a person hors de combat rather than a civilian? Can war crimes be committed against members of non-opposing forces? Can persons hors de combat be victims of crimes against humanity and genocide? What special considerations surround peacekeepers and child soldiers as victims of international crimes? The author carries out an in-depth exploration of case law from international criminal courts and tribunals to assess how they have dealt with these questions. She concludes that the import of fighting upon victimhood in the context of international criminal law has not always been appreciated to the extent it should have been.
Detail Book of Fighting and Victimhood in International Criminal Law PDF
- Author : Joanna Nicholson
- Release : 12 October 2017
- Publisher : Routledge
- ISBN : 9781317210542
- Genre : Law
- Total Page : 195 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 16,6 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book Fighting and Victimhood in International Criminal Law by Joanna Nicholson, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.