The Rome statute as evidence of customary international law / / Yudan Tan.

• Superior document: International Criminal Law Series ; 16
• VerfasserIn: Tan, Yudan, 1988-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: International Criminal Law Series ; 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In The Rome Statute as Evidence of Customary International Law , Yudan Tan offers a detailed analysis of topical issues concerning the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as evidence of customary international law. The 1998 Rome Statute has generated a great deal of scholarly interest....

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Table of Legislation
• Table of Cases
• United Nations Documents
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 The Role of Customary International Law in the International Criminal Court
• 1.2 Aim, Questions and Scope of This Book
• 1.3 Method and Terms of This Book
• 1.4 Structure of This Book
• 1.5 Merits and Limits of This Book
• 2 Methodological Framework of This Book
• 2.1 Introductory Remarks
• 2.2 Interpreting Provisions of the Rome Statute
• 2.3 Method: The Two-Element Approach to Identifying Customary Rules
• 2.4 Terms: Treaty Was or Is of a 'Declaratory' Nature of Custom
• 2.5 Preconditions for This Study
• 2.6 Concluding Remarks
• 3 War Crimes in Non-international Armed Conflict
•  Article 8 of the Rome Statute and Custom
• 3.1 Introductory Remarks
• 3.2 Provisions on War Crimes in Non-international Armed Conflict in the Rome Statute
• 3.3 War Crimes in Armed Conflict
• 3.4 War Crimes in Non-international Armed Conflict: Were Articles 8(2)(c) and (e) Declaratory of Custom?
• 3.5 Further Recognition of War Crimes in Non-international Armed Conflict: Are Articles 8(2)(c) and (e) Declaratory of Custom?
• 3.6 Concluding Remarks
• 4 Crimes against Humanity
•  Article 7 of the Rome Statute and Custom
• 4.1 Introductory Remarks
• 4.2 Provisions on Crimes against Humanity in the Rome Statute
• 4.3 Crimes against Humanity as International Crimes under Customary Law
• 4.4 No Nexus with an Armed Conflict: Was and Is Article 7(1) Declaratory of Custom?
• 4.5 The Policy Element: Was and Is Article 7(2)(a) Declaratory of Custom?
• 4.6 Concluding Remarks
• 5 The Crime of Aggression
•  Articles 8bis and 25(3bis) of the Rome Statute and Custom
• 5.1 Introductory Remarks
• 5.2 The Crime of Aggression in International Law
• 5.3 Provisions on the Crime of Aggression in the Rome Statute
• 5.4 The Leadership Element for the Crime of Aggression: Were Articles 8 bis and 25(3 bis ) Declaratory of Custom?
• 5.5 The Leadership Element for the Crime of Aggression: Are Articles 8 bis and 25(3 bis ) Declaratory of Custom?
• 5.6 Concluding Remarks
• 6 Indirect Co-perpetration
•  Article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute and Custom
• 6.1 Introductory Remarks
• 6.2 The Attribution of Liability to Individuals at the Leadership Level
• 6.3 Is Indirect Co-perpetration Encompassed in Article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute?
• 6.4 Non-acceptance of Indirect Co-Perpetration in Post-World War ii Trials
• 6.5 Indirect Co-perpetration: Is Article 25(3)(a) Declaratory of Custom?
• 6.6 Concluding Remarks
• 7 An Exception to Personal Immunity for International Crimes
•  Article 27(2) of the Rome Statute and Custom
• 7.1 Introductory Remarks
• 7.2 Immunity under International Law
• 7.3 Personal Immunity: Article 27(2) of the Rome Statute
• 7.4 Non-availability of Personal Immunity for International Crimes: Was Article 27(2) Declaratory of Custom?
• 7.5 Non-availability of Personal Immunity for Committing International Crimes: Is Article 27(2) Declaratory of Custom?
• 7.6 Concluding Remarks
• 8 Conclusions
• 8.1 Synthesis
• 8.2 Discussions and Concluding Remarks
• Bibliography
• Index.