The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law Historical Development, Comparative Analysis and Present State /

• Main Author: Sayapin, Sergey (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; History.; Human rights.; International humanitarian law.; International criminal law.; Criminology.; International Criminal Law.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Human Rights.; History, general.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

Since after the Second World War, the crime of aggression is – along with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes – a “core crime” under international law. However, despite a formal recognition of aggression as a matter of international criminal law and the reinforcement of the internationa...

Table of Contents:

• Historical background of the criminalisation of aggression
• Elements of an act of aggression: an overview of modern international law and practice
• International legal foundations of the individual criminal responsibility for the crime of aggression
• The principal approaches towards the criminalisation of aggression at the national level
• The crime of aggression in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
• Conclusion.