The Obligation to Extradite or Prosecute

The author is a Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. He has served as a member of the UN International Law Commission and the Chairman of its Working Group on the Obligation to Extradite or Prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare); Chairman of the UN General Assembly's Working Group of the Sixth Committee on the Administration of Justice at the United Nations; and Coordinator of the International Legal Cooperation against Terrorism stream of the Legal Issues Working Group of the Bali Regional Ministerial Meeting on Counter-Terrorism, in response to the Bali Bombing of 12 October 2002 and subsequent terrorist activities in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. He has held visiting professorships at some world-renowned law schools in Australia, Singapore, and the USA. His publications include the pioneering textbook International Criminal Law published by OUP in July 2001.

• I Prologue 1: General Introduction 2: The International Law Commission's Work On The Obligation To Extradite Or Prosecute (Aut Dedere Aut Judicare) II Substantive Law 3: Customary International Law Analysis 4: The Obligation To Extradite Or Prosecute For Non-Core-Crimes As Treaty Obligations 5: Universal Jurisdiction And The Obligation To Extradite Or Prosecute 6: Scope Of The Obligation To Extradite Or Prosecute 7: The Third Alternative Of Surrender To A Competent International Criminal Tribunal Or A Hybird Tribunal And Its Impediments III Epilogue And Reflections 8: Conclusions And The Way Forward

This is a wide-ranging book ... it has real resonance given the ongoing conflict in Syria.