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Law of the Sea
Did you ever wonder what the legal status of Azkaban is? Were you concerned about the fact that the Durmstrang ship just appeared in the lake and...
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Introduction: The Politics of Prosecuting Sitting Heads of State
This introduction serves as a preliminary exploration into the intricate practice of prosecuting Sitting Heads of State (SHoS), as entrenched in...
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Air Law
With the big questions around criminal accountability answered, let us look at the more pragmatic concerns in the wizarding world. Particularly, let...
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Public International Law
This chapter explains the basics of public international law, starting with how we define a state. Based on this understanding, we will assess...
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Introduction
In this chapter, the author sets the stage for the consideration of the issue of mistake of fact. The author starts by laying down the political and...
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Lethal Autonomous Weapons, Drones and Robots: To What Extent Their Usage Infringes Upon Established Principles of International Criminal Law?
In this chapter, Victor Tsilonis explores the complex interplay between technology, warfare, and international law, focusing particularly on lethal...
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The ICC’s Jurisdiction Following a Security Council’s Referral of a Situation Concerning Citizens of States Non-Parties to the ICC: the Situation in Sudan and Libya (Art. 25 UN Charter & 13(b) ICCRSt)
The general obligation of states partiesstates parties to cooperatecooperate, enshrined in Article 86 ICCRStArticle 86 ICCRSt, also applies to states...
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Crimes Against Humanity Under the ICC’s Jurisdiction
It is an indisputable fact that the history of the human race from the beginning of civilisation to this very day in the ‘wondrous’ twenty-first...
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The ICC’s Jurisdiction Over War Crimes
War crimesWar crimes clearly could not be omitted from the list of crimes that fall under the ICC’s jurisdictionICC’s jurisdiction. While they have...
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Cyber Warfare: International Criminal Law in the Digital Era
This chapter delves into the complex and rapidly-evolving field of cyber warfare and the consequential legal challenges. Victor Tsilonis critically...
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Potential Sources of Law for a Duty to Apprehend Core Criminals
Chapter 3 analyses whether States acting extraterritorially must ensure the prosecution of persons within their jurisdiction. For this purpose, it is...
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Introduction
This chapter introduces the subject matter of the book, the extraterritorial apprehension of ICC suspects if the territorial State is unwilling or...
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Comparing International Criminal Tribunals’ Interpretive Approaches to International Humanitarian Law
International humanitarian law (IHL) is conventionally described as a set of rules which seek to limit the effects of armed conflicts. These rules,...
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Russia’s War of Aggression Against Ukraine and the Crime of Aggression
A ‘negative precedent’ regarding the prosecution of the crime of aggression after Russia’s aggression against Ukraine would be fundamentally...
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Trade Sanctions Against Russia and Their WTO Consistency: Focusing on Justification Under National Security Exceptions
In the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, around 40 countries/economies, including G7 members, responded to impose a wide range of economic,...
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Freezing, Confiscation and Management of the Assets of the Russian Central Bank and the Oligarchs: Legality and Possibility Under International Law
As the most powerful measure of economic sanctions against Russia which invaded Ukraine, the Western States froze the assets of the Russian Central...
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Plea Leniency in Mainland China: Legislation, Characteristics and Effects
The mechanism of Plea Leniency was formally introduced in the People’s Republic of China (China) in 2018. This new justice system was designed for...
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Plea Leniency and Prosecution Centredness in China’s Criminal Process
China’s criminal proceedings have long been known as ‘investigation centred’. I argue that the rise of the Plea Leniency System has led to...
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Introduction
Over the past decades, plea bargains or ‘mechanisms that avoid trial and result in conviction’ have become an essential part of criminal justice...
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Prosecution or Mediation: Perpetrator-Victim Negotiation in Macau and the Way Forward
This chapter analyses private reconciliation as part of plea-based case dispositions in Macau. It first examines the status quo of the suspension of...