Criminal repression of serious IHL violations: Information Kit
This information kit deals with the following issues: Penal repression: punishing war crimes; Obligations in terms of penal repression; General principles of international criminal law; Universal Jurisdiction over war crimes; Command responsibility and failure to act; Criminal procedure; Judicial guarantees and safeguards; Methods of incorporating punishment into criminal law; Cooperation in extradition and judicial assistance in criminal matters; Elements to render sanctions more effective ; and International criminal justice: The institutions.
The information kit contains the following factsheets:
- Penal repression: punishing war crimes - Factsheet (PDF)
- Obligations in terms of penal repression - Factsheet (PDF)
- General principles of international criminal law - Factsheet (PDF)
- Universal Jurisdiction over war crimes - Factsheet (PDF)
- Command responsibility and failure to act - Factsheet (PDF)
- Criminal procedure - Factsheet (PDF )
- Judicial guarantees and safeguards - Factsheet (PDF)
- Methods of incorporating punishment into criminal law - Factsheet (PDF)
- Cooperation in extradition and judicial assistance in criminal matters - Factsheet (PDF)
- Elements to render sanctions more effective - Factsheet (PDF)
- International criminal justice: The institutions - Factsheet (PDF)