The Responsibility of States for International Crimes

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Nina H. B. Jørgensen (, Senior Legal Adviser for the Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone)

The Responsibility of States for International Crimes

Nina H. B. Jørgensen (, Senior Legal Adviser for the Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone)

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English

Oxford University Press
01 February 2001

Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law

The Responsibility of States for International Crimes focuses on the concept of state responsibility for international crimes which gained support following the First World War, but was pushed into the background by the development of the principle of individual criminal responsibility under international law after the Second World War.

The concept became the topic of debate and controversy upon its inclusion in Part I of the United Nations International Law Commission's Draft Articles on State Responsibility adopted on first reading in 1980.

The book considers the history and merits of a concept which, it is argued, is currently on the threshold between lex ferenda and lex lata and has a place and an existence in international law independent from the Draft Articles on State Responsibility. It is divided into five parts.

Part I consists of an historical introduction to the concept which deals, in particular, with the issue of international accountability following the First and Second World Wars and goes on to trace efforts to codify and develop the law relating to international criminal responsibility. In Part II, the concept is analysed in accordance with a criminal organization model and a corporate crime model and against this background the concept is found to be juridically sound. In Part III, eight candidate criteria and indicia are discussed which form a conceptual differentiation between between state crimes and other wrongful acts or delicts. On the basis of this analysis it is submitted that the concept is an emergent general principle of international law.

Part IV considers the problems and modalities of punishing a state and addresses the question of an institutional framework for imposing criminal responsibility on states. The issues discussed in Part IV are found to confirm the concepts status as an emergent general principle of international law.

An investigation into the status of the concept in contemporary international law is undertaken in Part V with particular emphasis on the 1948 Genocide Convention and the 1996 Judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Case Concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Preliminary Objections) between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yugoslavia.

It is concluded that the concept is emerging as customary international law.

By: Nina H. B. Jørgensen ( Senior Legal Adviser for the Office of the Prosecutor Special Court for Sierra Leone)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 669g
ISBN: 9780198298618
ISBN 10: 0198298617
Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 01 February 2001
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nina H.B. Jørgensen is Senior Legal Adviser for the Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone

Reviews for The Responsibility of States for International Crimes

... this well-researched, thought provoking book is a most welcome addition to the growing literature on the subject. ... penetrating examination of State practice ... The work is thoroughly researched and presented in a convincing and persuasive style. * International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 50, Oct 2001 * ... a thorough and meticulous study of the key issues and is of immense value to the research scholar. * Democracy & Development - Journal of West African Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2002 *