The road to developing an international institutional capacity to prosecute crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide has been a long one, and has in many ways concluded
with the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC). By looking at the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [...]
Corporation as a subject of criminal law that can be held criminally responsible is not known in the old Criminal Code. This is because the old Criminal Code is a legacy of
the Dutch colonial government whose legal system adheres to the Continental European legal system (civil law). [...]
Esta dissertação de mestrado é fruto de pesquisa interdisciplinar realizada nas áreas de Direito Penal Econômico e Compliance, tendo como objeto central a delimitação
dos pressupostos jurídico-penais legitimadores da responsabilidade penal oriunda da prática de corrupção ativa a título de omissão imprópria por parte de Compliance [...]
Safeguarding the right to the truth has become crucial in dealing with systematic violations of human rights. Especially in contexts of transition to democracy, telling the
truth is considered of utmost importance for fighting against impunity and promoting peace. [...]
This contribution is developed in two parts. The first describes, although in short terms, the actions taken by the EU to fight CIC, in approximatively the last two decades.
The second part deals with the steps taken by the EU in the aftermath of the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine. [...]
Russian military aggression against Ukraine is the most flagrant violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter in recent years. Crimes committed by the Russian armed
forces on the territory of Ukraine constitute the most serious crimes of international concern, as confirmed by the ICC’s arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and [...]
A recurring question in international criminal procedure is how to ensure that prosecutors are held accountable for their errors and misconduct. When International Criminal
Court (ICC) judges encountered the first serious error by the prosecution in Prosecutor v. [...]
Ending impunity for perpetrators of serious international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes is considered important because convictions may achieve
justice and deter future acts. A controversial tool for ending impunity is the exercise of universal jurisdiction by states. [...]
Perceptions of stalking are highly variable, dependent upon personal definitions and experiences. For example, recent surveys have found that young persons view social media
stalking as acceptable and not distressing. Similarly, popular media often depicts stalking variably as misguided romance to psychotic deviance. [...]
This book is the product of a collaboration between the data protection offices of the ICRC and UNHCR, alongside the Global Privacy Assembly, to reflect on a decade of progress
in data protection in humanitarian contexts. Through practitioner perspectives, empirical research, and conceptual reflections, it examines how data protection underpins [...]
