Principles of International Criminal Law

Foundations.- A. Historical Evolution of International Criminal Law.- B. Concepts, Tasks and Legitimacy.- C. International Criminal Law and the International Legal Order.- D. Sources and Interpretation.- E. Universal Jurisdiction, the Duty to Prosecute, Transitional Justice.- F. Enforcement.- G. Domestic Implementation.- General Principles.- A. Towards a General Theory of Crimes Under International Law.- B. Material Elements.- C. Mental Element.- D. Individual Criminal Responsibility.- E. Superior Responsibility.- F. Grounds for Excluding Criminal Responsibility.- G. Inchoate Crimes.- H. Omissions.- I. Official Capacity and Immunity.- J. Multiplicity of Offenses.- K. Requirements for Prosecution.- Genocide.- A. Introduction.- B. Material Elements.- C. Mental Element.- D. Incitement to Commit Genocide.- E. Multiplicity of Offenses.- Crimes Against Humanity.- A. Introduction.- B. Contextual Element (Attack on a Civilian Population).- C. Individual Acts.- D. Multiplicity of Offenses.- War Crimes.- A. Introduction.- B. Overall Requirements.- C. War Crimes Against Persons.- D. War Crimes Against Property and Other Rights.- E. Employing Prohibited Methods of Warfare.- F. Use of Prohibited Means of Warfare.- G. War Crimes Against Humanitarian Operations.- H. Multiplicity of Offenses.- The Crime of Aggression.- A. The Prohibition of Aggression Under International Law.- B. Criminal Responsibility Under Customary International Law (War of Aggression).- C. The Crime of Aggression in the ICC Statute — Prospects.