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  1. A short history of prosecuting crimes under international law in Germany Journal Article
    Jeßberger, Florian (2024)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 21(4), pp. 779-792
    International criminal law Genocide Crimes against humanity War crimes Jurisdiction National Socialism Dictatorship Offenses committed in public office
    DOI
    Open Access
  2. 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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  3. 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
  4. The law of Damals, the Verbrecherstaat and postwar German justice Contribution
    Douglas, Lawrence (2022)
    In: Burghardt, Boris; Jeßberger, Florian; Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), Strafrecht und Systemunrecht. Festschrift für Gerhard Werle zum 70. Geburtstag, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, pp. 569-579
    National Socialism Offenses committed in public office Military tribunals (international) Crimes against humanity Genocide Crimes against peace Antisemitism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Retroactive laws Transitional justice Homicide Criminal law: complicity
  5. 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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  6. 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
  7. Crimes committed by a state and culpability – can the perpetrators “at the bottom” of the organization be held culpable? Contribution
    Nestler, Cornelius (2020)
    In: Eisele, Jörg (Eds.), Past and future. Transitional justice versus traditional criminal justice? : Ways of dealing with past conflicts and past autocracies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Beiträge zum Strafrecht - Contributions to Criminal Law, ), pp. 37-48
    Criminal law: complicity Offenses committed in public office Criminal law: theory Judgments Genocide Crimes against humanity Holocaust / Shoah
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  8. 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
    DOI
  9. The enabler, the true believer, the fanatic: German justice in the Third Reich Journal Article
    Sfekas, Stephen J. (2015)
    In: Journal Jurisprudence, pp. 189-230
    National Socialism Criminal law War crimes Crimes against humanity History Military tribunals (international) Judges Antisemitism
  10. The Fujimori judgment: a president's responsibility for crimes against humanity as indirect perpetrator by virtue of an organized power apparatus Journal Article
    Ambos, Kai (2011)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 9(1), pp. 137-158
    International criminal law Crimes against humanity Criminal law: complicity Executive power Offenses committed in public office Criminal procedure
    DOI
  11. Retroactive law and proactive justice: Debating crimes against humanity in Germany, 1945–1950 Journal Article
    Pendas, Devin O. (2010)
    In: Central European History, 43(3), pp. 428-463
    Crimes against humanity National Socialism Retroactive laws Trials Legal history
    DOI
  12. Accountability for the torture memo. Prosecuting Guantanamo in Europe: can and shall the masterminds of the “torture memos” be held criminally responsible on the basis of universal jurisdiction? Journal Article
    Ambos, Kai (2009)
    In: Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 42(1/2), pp. 405-448
    Exterritoriality Jurisdiction International criminal law Torture Crimes against humanity
  13. Development, present state and future prospects of international criminal law Journal Article
    Jescheck, Hans-Heinrich (1981)
    In: Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal, 52(1), pp. 337-364
    International criminal law Military tribunals (international) National Socialism Law reform United Nations (UN) Aggression (international law) War crimes Crimes against humanity International criminal courts and tribunals Terrorism International agencies
  • 13 of 1184 Publications