TY - BOOK AU - Bassiouni,M.Cherif AU - Blishchenko,I.P. AU - Doria,José AU - Gasser,Hans-Peter TI - The legal regime of the International Criminal Court: essays in honour of Professor Igor Blishchenko : in memoriam Professor Igor Pavlovich Blishchenko (1930-2000) T2 - Nijhoff eBook titles 2009 SN - 9789004180635 U1 - 345/.01 KW - Blishchenko, I. P. KW - International criminal courts KW - History N1 - Preliminary material; José Doria , Hans-Peter Gasser and M. Cherif Bassiouni --; Chapter 1. Early efforts to establish an International Criminal Court; Jackson Maogoto --; Chapter 2. The Tokyo trial revisited; Hisakazu Fujita --; Chapter 3. The work of national military tribunals under control council law 10; Jackson Maogoto --; Chapter 4. The experience of the Ad Hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; Jackson Maogoto and Jackson Maogoto --; Chapter 5. Customary law or judge-made law: Judicial creativity at the UN criminal tribunals; William Schabas --; Chapter 6. Bombardment: From Brussels 1874 to Sarajevo 2003; Frits Kalshoven --; Chapter 7. The relationship between complicity modes of liability and specific intent crimes in the law and practice of the ICTY; José Doria --; Chapter 8. Plea bargaining: The uninvited guest at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Mark Harmon --; Chapter 9. Provisional release in the law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Fergal Gaynor --; Chapter 10. Undue delay and the ICTYS experience of status conferences: A judge’s personal annotations; Almiro Rodrigues --; Chapter 11. The work of the special court for Sierra Leone through its jurisprudence; José Doria --; Chapter 12. From east Timor to Timor-Leste: A demonstration of the limits of international law in the pursuit of justice; Richard Burchill --; Chapter 13. Bosnias war crimes chamber and the challenges of an opening and closure; Avril Mcdonald --; Chapter 14. The judges of the international criminal court and the organization of their work; Hirad Abtahi --; Chapter 15. The International Criminal Courts office of the prosecutor: Navigating between independence and accountability?; Jan Wouters , Sten Verhoeven and Bruno Demeyere --; Chapter 16. The support work of the courts registry; Anna Lachowska --; Chapter 17. Jus Cogens, obligations Erga Omnes and international criminal responsibility; Władysław Czapliński --; Chapter 18. Jurisdiction Ratione Personae or the personal reach of the courts jurisdiction; Christopher L. Blakesley --; Chapter 19 . The ICC and the security council: An uncomfortable relationship; Nigel White and Robert Cryer --; Chapter 20. Conduct of hostilities war crimes; Lindsay Moir --; Chapter 21. Crimes involving disproportionate means and methods of warfare under the statute of the International Criminal Court; Judith Gardam --; Chapter 22. International legal protections for persons hors de combat; Sergei A. Egorov --; Chapter 23. Child recruitment as a crime under the rome statute of the International Criminal Court; Matthew Happold --; Chapter 24. Particular issues regarding war crimes in internal armed conflicts; Lindsay Moir --; Chapter 25. Violations of common Article 3 of the Geneva conventions; Lindsay Moir --; Chapter 26. Displacement of civilians as a war crime other than a violation of common Article 3 in internal armed conflicts; Lindsay Moir --; Chapter 27. Whether crimes against humanity are backdoor war crimes; José Doria --; Chapter 28. The crime of aggression and the International Criminal Court; Roger S. Clark N2 - This impressive and unique collection of essays covers important aspects of the legal regime of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The volume begins with an analysis of the historical development of the ICC, the progressive development of international humanitarian and international criminal law by the ad hoc Tribunals and the work of mixed national/international jurisdictions. The legal and institutional basis of the ICC is then dealt with in detail, including the organs of the ICC, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression, modes of liability before the ICC and defences before the ICC. Part III focuses on the court at work, including its procedural rules, criminal proceedings at the ICC, penalties and appeal and revision procedures. Part IV deals with the relationship of the ICC with states and international organizations. The contributors are established scholars in the field of international criminal and humanitarian law, many of whom are practitioners in the various tribunals UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004163089.i-1122 ER -