A Critical Introduction to International Criminal Law

Carsten Stahn is a Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice at the Leiden Law School, Universiteit Leiden, and is Former Legal Officer at the International Criminal Court. He is project leader of NWO grants on jus post bellum and post-conflict justice, winner of the Ciardi Prize of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War for work on International Territorial Administration (2008). Professor Stahn is editor of the Leiden Journal of International Law and correspondent of the Netherlands International Law Review. He has taught International Criminal Law in Geneva and Galway, and has published eleven books and over seventy articles/essays in different fields of international law and international justice.

• Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. International crimes; 2. Individual and collective responsibility; 3. The global institutional architecture; 4. International criminal justice procedures; 5. Remedying wrong; 6. Beyond the status quo: re-thinking international criminal law; Index.

'This book comes as a gift from heaven for those interested in and concerned about international criminal justice at this critical juncture in time.' Christine Van den Wyngaert, Judge at the Specialist Chambers for Kosovo and formerly judge at the International Court of Justice, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court