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  1. On the relationship between German international criminal law and counter-terrorism criminal law Journal Article
    Geneuss, Julia (2024)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice
    International criminal law Terrorism Genocide War crimes Crimes against humanity Offenses against public safety Jurisdiction
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  2. The German code of crimes against international law at twenty: overview and assessment of modern ‘German international criminal law’ Journal Article
    Bock, Stefanie (2023)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, pp. 1-21
    International criminal law Criminal law Jurisdiction Codes and codification Terrorism Victims International Criminal Court (ICC) Law reform
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  3. The German origins of indirect perpetration through an organised apparatus of power Contribution
    Block, Johannes (2023)
    In: Block, Johannes (Eds.), Reconciling responsibility with reality. A comparative analysis of modes of active leadership liability in international criminal law, T.M.C. Asser Press, Den Haag, (International Criminal Justice Series, 33), pp. 11-79
    International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory International Criminal Court (ICC) Holocaust / Shoah National Socialism Antisemitism
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  4. The implementation of international criminal law in Germany: The approach to modes of liability Contribution
    Nerlich, Volker (2023)
    In: Crippa, Maria; Jessberger, Florian; Meloni, Chantal (Eds.), Domesticating international criminal law. Reflections on the Italian and German experiences, Routledge, Abingdon, (Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law, ), pp. 208-217
    Rome Statute International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal intent Trials: particular
  5. Shortcomings and proposals for reform of the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch Contribution
    Steinl, Leonie (2023)
    In: Crippa, Maria; Jessberger, Florian; Meloni, Chantal (Eds.), Domesticating international criminal law. Reflections on the Italian and German experiences, Routledge, Abingdon, (Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law, ), pp. 102-109
    International criminal law Rome Statute Criminal procedure Prosecutorial discretion Victims Private prosecution Sexual offenses
  6. Between international solidarity and “no safe haven”: The German Völkerstrafgesetzbuch 20 years on Contribution
    Burghardt, Boris (2023)
    In: Crippa, Maria; Jessberger, Florian; Meloni, Chantal (Eds.), Domesticating international criminal law. Reflections on the Italian and German experiences, Routledge, Abingdon, (Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law, ), pp. 90-101
    Rome Statute International criminal law War crimes Crimes against humanity Genocide Legislation Jurisdiction Criminal procedure Trials: particular
  7. Universal jurisdiction and international crimes in German courts – recent steps towards exercising the principle of complementarity after the entry into force of the Rome Statute Journal Article
    Safferling, Christoph J.M.; Petrossian, Gurgen (2021)
    In: European Criminal Law Review, 11(2), pp. 242-263
    Jurisdiction Exterritoriality Jurisdiction (international law) International criminal law Criminal policy Rome Statute Legal history Judgments Crimes against humanity Terrorism War crimes
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  8. Desecration of corpses in relation to § 8(1) no. 9 German Code of Crimes against International Law (VStGB): the judgment of the German Federal Court of Justice ( Bundesgerichtshof ) of July 27, 2017–3 StR 57/17 Journal Article
    Bergmann, Vanessa ; Blenk, Franziska ; Cojger, Nathalie (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(2), pp. 276-287
    Trials: particular Judgments International criminal law Death War crimes Humanitarian law Rome Statute War Interpretation and construction Exterritoriality
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    Open Access
  9. Germany Contribution
    Akinrinade, Babafemi (2021)
    In: Akinrinade, Babafemi (Eds.), Atrocity crimes, atrocity laws and justice in Africa, Eleven International Publishing, The Hague, pp. 266-270
    International criminal law Genocide Crimes against humanity Terrorism Jurisdiction Trials: particular Judgments
  10. Digital evidence in domestic core international crimes prosecutions Journal Article
    Aksamitowska, Karolina (2021)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 19(1), pp. 189-211
    Jurisdiction Evidence: criminal law Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence Criminal investigation War crimes International criminal law Social networks Information storage and retrieval systems Asylum
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  11. Corporate complicity in international crimes through arms supplies despite national authorisations? Journal Article
    Ambos, Kai (2021)
    In: International Criminal Law Review, 21(1), pp. 181-201
    Weapons International criminal law Corporate responsibility National security International trade Human rights Soft law Treaties International Criminal Court (ICC) Causation Corporations: criminal liability
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  12. COVID-19 and international crimes trials in Germany Journal Article
    Ritscher, Christian (2021)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 18(5), pp. 1077-1080
    International criminal law Health Criminal procedure Trials
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    Open Access
  13. Democracy, Nazi trials, and transitional justice in Germany, 1945-1950 Book
    Pendas, Devin O. (2020)
    ISBN 9781139021074, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
    National Socialism Dictatorship Criminal law Offenses committed in public office Succession of states Inter-German relations Trials: particular Military tribunals (international) International criminal law Crimes against humanity Amnesty and pardon Military occupation Transitional justice Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism
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  14. The formation of transnational criminal law within the German confederation: A normative order? Contribution
    Tyrichter, Jean Conrad (2019)
    In: Hannappel, Tina; Härter, Karl; Tyrichter, Jean (Eds.), The transnationalisation of criminal law in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Political crime, police cooperation, security regimes and normative orders, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, (Studien zu Policey, Kriminalitätsgeschichte und Konfliktregulierung, ), pp. 21-40
    Legal history Criminal law International criminal law
  15. Atoning for the murder of millions? The execution of high-ranking Nazis after the Second World War Journal Article
    Patin, Nicolas (2018)
    In: Journal of Genocide Research, 20(2), pp. 247-260
    National Socialism War crimes Military tribunals (international) Capital punishment International criminal law Death Criminals Antisemitism
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