Essays about: "ICTR"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the word ICTR.
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6. The limits of mens rea in Crimes against Humanity - Assessment, liberalism, thresholds
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Straffrättsligt ansvar har mycket länge förutsatt uppsåt eller vetskap om den företagna handlingen, så kallad mens rea eller "skyldigt sinnelag". Hur en sådan bedömning görs är inte självklart. READ MORE
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7. Corporate Criminal Liability in International Criminal Law "ex nihilo nihil fit"
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The Nuremberg Charter introduced corporate criminal liability into international law and the great American Chief Prosecutor Justice Robert Jackson gave a promise that any legal person who commits crimes prescribed by international law shall be prosecuted and punished according to international criminal law. However, during this period of time, a corporation was never prosecuted per se as the sitting judges did not seem to have the will to dwell on the establishment of the elements of crime that needed to be satisfied in order to impute criminal liability on a corporate body. READ MORE
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8. Rape as a weapon of war? - A critical legal analysis of the definition of rape and the concept of rape as a weapon of war
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Systematic rape of women in wartime is an ancient issue. For centuries, rape was seen as an inevitable by-product of war and it is not until recently that the international community has recognized rape as a weapon of war. READ MORE
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9. Law+Impunity=Legitimacy? Rethinking liberal legitimacy of international law with a feminist critical approach
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : In here, the criminalization of sexual violence is a manifestation of increased recognition of feminism, and proof of international law reaching at liberal criteria for legitimization. Though, in making conclusions other necessary criteria for fully recognized legitimacy are acknowledged (such as other types of rights, types of security and other levels for analysis). READ MORE
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10. Adjudication of Gender Based Crimes against Women in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Sexual crimes against women have always been a part of war and have occurred in virtually every armed conflict throughout human history. For a very long time, and still today in some cultures, women were not seen as equal to men. Thus, gender based crimes against women were almost invisible to international criminal law. READ MORE
