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The Boko Haram violence from the perspective of International criminal law
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This paper will explore the history of the outbreak of religious related violence in Nigeria and the response of Nigeria and the African Union to the acts of the Boko Haram group both legally and procedurally. The intervention ...
The need for a comprehensive international convention on crimes against humanity
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
In the field of international law three core crimes generally make up the jurisdiction of international criminal tribunals: war crimes; genocide; and crimes against humanity. Only two of these crimes (war crimes and genocide) ...
Is ‘the policy element’ a legal requirement under international criminal law for crimes against humanity?
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The precise legal definition of crimes against humanity has always been elusive since their first codification in the IMT Charter in 1945. Jurisprudence applying the definition has reflected the uncertainty especially with ...
Immunity for serving Heads of State for crimes under International Criminal Law: an analysis of the ICC-indictment against Omar Al Bashir
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This paper analyses head of state immunity, a traditional rule of international law, in relation to the indictments by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2009 against the current Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad ...
Recruitment and use of juvenile pirates as crimes against humanity
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Piracy attacks off the coast of the Horn of Africa have been on the rise in the recent years. According to a report by Ocean without Borders, although no vessels were hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in 2017, ...