4. War crimes
4. War crimes
- Antonio Cassese,
- Paola Gaeta,
- Laurel Baig,
- Mary Fan,
- Christopher Gosnell
- and Alex Whiting
Abstract
This chapter begins with a discussion of the notion of war crimes. It then covers the criminalization of the serious violation of a rule of international humanitarian law; the objective and subjective elements of war crimes; the nexus with armed conflict; and war crimes in the International Criminal Court Statute.