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2. 1. Individual Responsibility for the Crime of Aggression

   Author : Nikola R. Hajdin; Pål Wrange; Claus Kress; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; crime of aggression; international criminal law; individual criminal responsibility; Nuremberg; leadership clause; control or direct; shape or influence; actus reus; decisive influence; perpetration for aggression; complicity for aggression; rättsvetenskap med inriktning mot folkrätt; Legal Science; specialisation Public International Law;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the attribution of criminal responsibility for the crime of aggression in international criminal law. Prosecuting aggression is predicated by the so-called leadership clause—an individual can be held responsible only if he or she meets the requirement of being in a position of control over or to direct state action. READ MORE

4. 2. The Judging of War Criminals : Individual Criminal Responsibility Under International Law

   Author : Alex Obote-Odora; Göran Melander; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Krigsförbrytelser; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK;

   Abstract : Violations of the law of war, particularly in internal armed conflicts, in the 1990s, increased dramatically. This led to the establishment, by the UN Security Council, of international criminal tribunals for former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. READ MORE

5. 3. Terrorism and Exclusion from Refugee Protection

   Author : Hevi Dawody; Mark Klamberg; Simon Andersson; Sarah Singer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; exclusion from refugee protection; terrorism; international crimes; serious crimes; membership of a terrorist organisation; standard of proof; individual criminal responsibility; regime interaction; international refugee law; international human rights law; international criminal law; treaty interpretation; rättsvetenskap med inriktning mot folkrätt; Legal Science; specialisation Public International Law;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to provide further contributions to the field of international refugee law and exclusion from refugee protection, particularly concerning exclusion cases involving terrorism. The study establishes a framework relevant for interpreting Article 1F of the 1951 Refugee Convention (also known as the exclusion provision) in accordance with international norms. READ MORE