Monday, July 17, 2017

New Issue: Journal of International Criminal Justice

The latest issue of the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Vol. 15, no. 2, May 2017) is out. Contents include:
  • Current Events: Syria, International Criminal Justice, and the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism
    • Florian Jeßberger, Foreword
    • Christian Wenaweser & James Cockayne, Justice for Syria?: The International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism and the Emergence of the UN General Assembly in the Realm of International Criminal Justice
    • Alex Whiting, An Investigation Mechanism for Syria: The General Assembly Steps into the Breach
    • Ingrid Elliott, ‘A Meaningful Step towards Accountability’?: A View from the Field on the United Nations International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria
  • Articles
    • Jennifer DePiazza, Denial of Fair Trial as an International Crime: Precedent for Pleading and Proving it under the Rome Statute
    • Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko Misidentification of Victims under International Criminal Law: An Attempted Offence?
    • Marc Schack, ‘Going to The Hague’ as Coercive Leverage: The Palestinian ICC Policy during the 2014 Operation Protective Edge
    • Sandra C. Wisner, The Invisible Hand: International Criminal Responsibility of Business Leaders for Aiding and Abetting the Forcible Transfer of Population in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
  • National Prosecution of International Crimes: Legislation and Cases
    • Max du Plessis & Guénaël Mettraux, South Africa’s Failed Withdrawal from the Rome Statute: Politics, Law, and Judicial Accountability
    • Gennady Esakov International Criminal Law in Russia: Missed Crimes Waiting for a Revival