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Sexual and gender-based crimes in the decision-making practice of the International Criminal Court
Juhasová, Veronika ; Lipovský, Milan (advisor) ; Urbanová, Kristýna (referee)
Sexual and gender-based crimes in the decision-making practice of the International Criminal Court Abstract This thesis concerns sexual and gender-based crimes as laid down by the Rome Statute and other sources of applicable law of the International Criminal Court, and the way in which these provisions are put into practice. The objective of this thesis is to assess the International Criminal Court's approach to the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes through a description of its legal framework and subsequent analysis of each organ's approach to the investigation and prosecution of these crimes. The thesis first briefly introduces the historical development of the perception of sexual and gender-based crimes and outlines the evolution of the jurisprudence of international and hybrid criminal tribunals and courts relating to them. It then provides an overview of the way sexual and gender-based crimes are set out in the sources of law and internal regulations of the International Criminal Court, not only in terms of categorization of these crimes and definitions of their particular forms, but it also discusses the related rules that govern various phases of investigation and prosecution of sexual and gender- based crimes and that influence the selection of personnel involved in the proceedings....
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Jurisdiction over international crimes and the Rohingya case
Malina, Václav ; Bílková, Veronika (advisor) ; Honusková, Věra (referee)
Jurisdiction over international crimes and the Rohingya case Abstract This thesis discusses the situation of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar in relation to two court cases that have been initiated in recent years before the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. The thesis examines whether the elements of the crime of genocide and selected crimes against humanity, i.e. crimes of deportation, persecution and other inhumane acts, have been fulfilled. After summarizing the historical development of modern Myanmar and the position of the Rohingya in Myanmar society, the thesis identifies the individual elements of the selected crimes under international law, which were chosen for the thesis based on the aforementioned ongoing proceedings. Furthermore, the author evaluates the previous decisions of the two judicial institutions and comments upon them on the basis of secondary literature. The question of state responsibility for breaches of obligations under international law and the position of victims in international criminal proceedings are also approached in relation to the Rohingya cases. In the final chapter of the thesis, the author not only assesses the chances of success for both prosecutors and victims, but also looks for the relevance of international (criminal) law in...
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The International Criminal Court and its subject-matter jurisdiction with regard to the crime of aggression
Kolářová, Michaela ; Šturma, Pavel (advisor) ; Ondřej, Jan (referee)
1 SUMMARY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND ITS SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION WITH REGARD TO THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION The current course of events concerning the crime of aggression and the search for its definition has undergone a remarkable shift during these days. In the light of the Revision Conference in Kampala, Uganda, whose declared aim was to evaluate the role and the up- to-date operation of the International Criminal Court as well as to find the definition of the crime of aggression and to set up the conditions to exercise the jurisdiction concerning the crime of aggression, the worldwide understanding of the conception of the crime of aggression has been significantly changed . The aim of this paper is to familiarize the reader with the problems regarding the crime of aggression, to describe the evolution of its conception in the field of international law within the last few decades and to provide the reader with a brief outline of some problematic questions which arose from the negotiations of the definition among the states. Further, the thesis attempts to depict the development of the negotiations themselves and to focus on the main disagreements, which the states had to face. The introductory chapter deals with some theoretical questions related to the international criminal justice. The...
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Crimes against humanity in the practice of the International Criminal Court.
Balšánek, Marek ; Šturma, Pavel (advisor) ; Bílková, Veronika (referee)
1 Summary Crimes against humanity, together with war crimes, crime of agression and Genocide, create a group of so called crimes under the international law. For these crimes it is characteristical that they are so grave and so dangerous that their punishment is a matter of the whole international community. Such punishment for these crimes has already been carried out several times on international level. As an example we can use the tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, which are still operating. This thesis deals with crimes against humanity in practice of International Criminal Court. This court, unlike the previous international criminal tribunals, is a permanent judicial institution. The main focus of the research is a substantive law characteristic of crimes against humanity i.e., physical and mental elements of these crimes. The aim of the thesis is to find out whether the International Criminal Court brought some progress to substantive law definition of aforementioned crimes. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with the position of crimes against humanity in the system of the international law. The aim of this chapter is to define the basic terms of the subject and to determine the position of crimes against humanity in the system of the international law. The...
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The Recent Development of International Criminal Justice and the Newly Defined Crime of Aggression
Lhotský, Jan ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee) ; Bílková, Veronika (referee)
The purpose of the thesis is to discuss and analyse the relatively recently established international institution in terms of its proposed role as the guardian of the international criminal justice. Firstly, the circumstances are introduced that led the international community to the idea of creation of a permanent International Criminal Court. Furthermore the content of the Rome Statute and the jurisdiction of the Court covering crimes under international law are discussed. The thesis deals not only with the Court's advantages, but also with the relevant arguments of the states that are in opposition of the Court. Moreover an insight into the five current investigations is provided and the process of the Statute ratification in the Czech Republic analyzed. An important attention is devoted to the review conference in Kampala and the new definition of the Crime of Aggression that was accepted and should be activated after 2017. The analysis of the amendment concentrates on problems resulting from the narrow definition of the new crime and the specific conditions for the exercise of its jurisdiction that are related to the role of the UN Security Council. Based on the analyses from the thesis it is appropriate to conclude that although the Court is at the time not able to investigate every committed...
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Human rights in international criminal proceedings
Bureš, Pavel
Právnická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze Katedra mezinárodního práva Mgr. Pavel Bureš Human Rights in International Criminal Procedure Praha 2011 2 Abstract The rapid development of International Criminal Law in the second half of 20th century and especially on its end is marked by a proliferation of international criminal judicial organs and thereby by a huge increase and development of procedural norms determining these organs' jurisdiction and functioning but also specifying procedural status of individuals - suspected and accused persons, victims. The submitted thesis focuses on one of the aspects of individuals procedural status, namely their procedural guarantees - human rights in international criminal procedure. The analyse of human rights in international criminal procedure (the proceedings before International Criminal Court) was done having been backed by statutory regulations of international military tribunals and ad hoc tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and their case-law. The hypothetical start point was to consider that procedural guarantees in the ICC procedure established by Rome Statute in 1998 are on a highest level and more detailed than these guarantees enshrined in ad hoc tribunals Statutes and even in international universal or regional human rights protecting...
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Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
Bureš, Jan
in English The theme of this dissertation is the subject matter jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Offences such as aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, sometimes called the "core crimes", are the most serious crimes ever indentified under international law. These crimes do not violate only some particular rights, but they threaten the whole international community, peace, security and well-being of the world. Therefore it is essential to have a precise legal definition of these grave crimes and to establish an effective judicial mechanism for prosecution of the most dangerous criminals. However, it is not easy to find general consent on these matters among the international community. There is not much space for internationalisation in the field of criminal law, which was traditionally considered an important part of national sovereignty. Thus the path towards establishment of the ICC, which is the first permanent international criminal judicial body ever, was extremely difficult, as was definition of the four core crimes falling within its jurisdiction. This thesis scrutinises the concrete provisions of the ICC Statute, the "Rome Statute", which constitute substantive law by defining the crime of genocide (art. 6), crimes against humanity (art. 7), war...
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he Rome statute's crime of aggression following the Kampala review conference
Lipovský, Milan
Title of the dissertation: The Rome Statute's Crime of Aggression following the Kampala Review Conference The definition of crime of aggression was adopted in 2010 to fill the gap in article 5 (2) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("ICC"). Complicated discussions preceding the adoption have identified many problematic aspects within the definition, including the relationship between the ICC and the UN Security Council ("SC") - whether the SC would be the only body capable to commence proceedings for the crime of aggression or not; further including the legal status of humanitarian intervention for the purposes of its criminalization under the Rome Statute; position of a perpetrator of the crime - should only leaders be considered perpetrators or should "lower" state officials be included; how should the amendment enter into force - under article 121 (4) or 121 (5) of the Rome Statute; etc. Many of these questions have not been answered by the adopted definition in a satisfactory way and so while the international community was celebrating the success of the adoption of the "supreme crime's" definition, many (including the author of this dissertation) have been seriously disappointed by the short-comings of the adopted text. Scholars continue to better understand the...
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The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Hedl, Jakub ; Lipovský, Milan (advisor) ; Ondřej, Jan (referee)
1 The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Abstract This diploma thesis deals with the Crime of Aggression, one of the four crimes under international law prosecuted by the International Criminal Court. The definition of this crime was adopted at the Kampala Review Conference in 2010 and the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court was activated in 2018. This is a significant milestone in the development of international criminal law, as it means a possibility of prosecuting state "leaders" for acts of aggression against other states for the first time since the end of the Second World War. The goal of this thesis is to provide a brief summary of the historical development of the Crime of Aggression, to analyse and to evaluate the newly adopted definition. The jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the Crime of Aggression of the will be also assessed. Last but not least, the paper elaborates on whether the Crime of Aggression has become a custom in international customary law. The first chapter deals with the position of the Crime of Aggression in relation to other crimes under international law and the issue of terms and scheme of international criminal law. Chapter two describes the complex historical development of the Crime of Aggression....
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Principle of complementarity in the Rome Statute
Urbanová, Kristýna ; Šturma, Pavel (advisor) ; Ondřej, Jan (referee) ; Caban, Pavel (referee)
Principle of complementarity in the Rome Statute The thesis provides a reader with analysis of non/operation of principle of complementarity in practice of the International Criminal Court. The principle of complementarity concerns rules governing a relationship between national courts and the ICC in the context of exercise of jurisdiction over the crimes under international law covered by the Rome Statute. From the beginning, the principle of complementarity has been considered as a cornerstone of the Rome Statute and has been often contrasted with principle of primacy enjoyed by the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. During the adoption of the Rome Statute, both the states and researches expected that thanks to complementarity the ICC would act only as a court of a last resort and would exercise its jurisdiction only if states endowed with jurisdiction would be unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute those responsible for international crimes in jurisdiction of the ICC. The amount of emphasis put on unwillingness or inability of states to investigate and prosecute should have guaranteed a balance between a protection of state sovereignty and effective and credible operation of the International Criminal Court. The...
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