An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure

Robert Cryer is Professor of International and Criminal Law at the University of Birmingham. Håkan Friman is Deputy Director-General at the Swedish Ministry of Justice and a former Associate Judge of Appeals in Sweden and Visiting Professor at University College London. Darryl Robinson is Professor of Law at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Elizabeth Wilmshurst is Associate Fellow in International Law at Chatham House and a former Visiting Professor at University College London.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction: what is international criminal law?; 2. The aims, objectives and justification of international criminal law; Part II. Prosecutions in National Courts: 3. Jurisdiction; 4. National prosecutions of international crimes; 5. State cooperation with respect to national proceedings; Part III. International Prosecutions: 6. The history of international criminal prosecutions: Nuremberg and Tokyo; 7. The ad hoc international criminal tribunals; 8. The International Criminal Court; 9. Other courts with international elements; Part IV. Substantive Law of International Crimes: 10. Genocide; 11. Crimes against humanity; 12. War crimes; 13. Aggression; 14. Transitional crimes, terrorism and torture; 15. General principles of liability; 16. Defences/grounds for excluding criminal responsibility; Part V. Principles and Procedures of International Prosecutions: 17. Procedures of international criminal investigations and prosecutions; 18. Victims in the international criminal process; 19. Sentencing and penalties; Part VI. Relationship between National and International Systems: 20. State cooperation with the International Courts and Tribunals; 21. Immunities; 22. Alternative and complements to criminal prosecution; 23. The future of international criminal law.