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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
    DOI
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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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  5. 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
  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  • 12 of 1146 Publications