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1|Foreword|6
2|Politics and History as `Extralegal´ Interpretative Factors of Legal Provisions|6
1|Acknowledgements|8
1|Contents|10
1|Abbreviations|14
1|Chapter 1: The Definition of International Crime|16
2|1.1 Introduction|16
2|1.2 The Concept of International Crime|19
2|1.3 Towards a New Definition of International Crime|37
1|Chapter 2: The Preconditions for the International Criminal Court to Exercise its Jurisdiction|41
2|2.1 Introduction: the Adoption of the Rome Statute and Article 12 ICCRSt|41
2|2.2 The Territorial Jurisdiction of the ICC|47
2|2.3 The Acceptance of the ICC´s Jurisdiction by State Parties Pursuant to Article 12(1) ICCRSt|52
2|2.4 Contested Issues of the ICC´s Territorial Jurisdiction: Excluded, Occupied and Disputed Territories|54
3|2.4.1 The Case of Excluded Territories|54
3|2.4.2 The Case of Occupied Territories|55
3|2.4.3 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Over Disputed Territories or Quasi-States: the Case of Palestine|60
2|2.5 The ICC´s Temporal Jurisdiction: Retrospective Application of the Rome Statute|74
2|2.6 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Pursuant to the Principle of Active Personality|77
2|2.7 The Ad Hoc Acceptance of the ICC´s Jurisdiction by a State Non-Party to the Rome Statute|84
1|Chapter 3: The Crime of Genocide and the International Criminal Court´s Jurisdiction|88
2|3.1 The Definition of the Crime of Genocide|88
2|3.2 Genocide as a Crime Under the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (Article 6 ICCRSt)|92
2|3.3 The Mens Rea of the Crime of Genocide Under the Rome Statute|94
3|3.3.1 The Intent to Destroy, in Whole or in Part, a National, Ethnic, Racial or Religious Group|95
3|3.3.2 The Concept of a Group´s Partial Destruction as a Prerequisite for the ICC´s Jurisdiction|101
2|3.4 Current and Potentially Emerging Implications: The Rohingya Case|109
2|3.5 Conclusion|115
1|Chapter 4: Crimes Against Humanity Under the ICC´s Jurisdiction|116
2|4.1 Introduction: the Legal Development of Crimes Against Humanity|116
2|4.2 The Analysis of the Term ``Attack´´ in the Context of Crimes Against Humanity|121
2|4.3 The Analysis of the Terms ``Widespread or Systematic´´ and Their Proposed Interpretations|123
2|4.4 The Analysis of the Term ``Pursuant to or in Furtherance of a State or Organisational Policy´´|135
1|Chapter 5: The ICC´s Jurisdiction Over War Crimes|140
2|5.1 Introduction: War Crimes and Two Cases that Do Not Fall Under the ICC´s Jurisdiction|140
2|5.2 The Phrase ``Unless Otherwise Provided´´ and the Term ``Wilful(-ly)´´ in Article 8 ICCRSt as Crucial Parameters for the Me...|145
2|5.3 The Terms ``Armed Conflict´´ and ``Within the Established Framework of International Law´´|151
2|5.4 The Meaning of the Key Term ``In Particular´´ within the Context of a Part of a Plan or Policy or a Part of a Large-Scale ...|152
2|5.5 The Meaning of the Terms ``as Part of a Plan or Policy´´ and ``as Part of a Large-Scale Commission´´|156
2|5.6 The Meaning of the Term ``Namely´´|157
2|5.7 Exceptions to the ICC´s Jurisdiction Over War Crimes: the `Phantom´ Article 124 ICCRSt|159
1|Chapter 6: The Crime of Aggression: The Birth of a Crime|161
2|6.1 The Right of Declaration of War and the Crime of Aggression: Two Antithetical Notions|161
2|6.2 The `Enactment´ of the Crime of Aggression Under the Jurisdiction of the ICC|169
2|6.3 The Birth of the Crime of Aggression: The Assembly of States Parties in Kampala (2010) and New York (2017)|170
2|6.4 Conclusion: The Birth of the Crime of Aggression or the Birth of an Incapacitated Crime?|176
1|Chapter 7: Immunities Under Art. 27 ICCRSt and the ICC´s Jurisdiction|179
2|7.1 Introduction: On Article 27 ICCRSt, ``Irrelevance of Official Capacity´´|179
2|7.2 The Relationship Between Article 27 ICCRSt and Article 98 ICCRSt: Cooperation with Respect to Waiver of Immunity and Conse...|180
2|7.3 The Non-Compliance of the African Union with the ICC´s Request for the Arrest and Surrender of Sudan´s Sitting President A...|181
2|7.4 Criticism of the ICC Decision on Chad and Malawi and Other Relevant Cases|185
2|7.5 The Necessity of a Calm and Legally Correct Analysis of Immunity in International Criminal Law|192
1|Chapter 8: The ICC´s Jurisdiction Following a Security Council´s Referral of a Situation Concerning Citizens of States Non-Par...|199
2|8.1 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Over Citizens and Territories of States that Have Not Ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC|199
2|8.2 The Application of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Article 13 ICCRSt|200
2|8.3 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Pursuant to Article 13 (b) ICCRSt Read Together with Article 25 UN Charter|200
2|8.4 The ICC´s Jurisdiction in the Situation in Sudan and Libya (Article 13 (b) ICCRSt): the Referral of States Non-Parties to ...|204
3|8.4.1 The ICC´s Jurisdiction in the Al-Bashir Case (Darfur Situation): UNSC Resolution 1593|204
3|8.4.2 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Over the Situation in Libya: UNSC Resolution 1970|210
2|8.5 Comparing the Content of the Two Resolutions: the Omission of Article 98(2) ICCRSt in the Second Resolution Regarding Libya|212
2|8.6 The Temporal Jurisdiction of the ICC Pursuant to Article 13 (b) ICCRSt|213
2|8.7 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Pursuant to Article 13 (b) ICCRSt and the Principle of Complementarity|215
2|8.8 Final Conclusions on the Role of the Security Council in the Cases of Sudan and Libya|217
1|Chapter 9: The Awakening Hypothesis of the Complementarity Principle|219
2|9.1 Introduction|219
2|9.2 About the Principle of Complementarity and Its Relation to ICC Jurisdiction|221
2|9.3 The Complementarity Principle `In Practice´|225
2|9.4 National Jurisdictions and the Office of the ICC Prosecutor: the Selection of Jurisdiction|226
2|9.5 The Two-Tiered Approach to Cases by the Office of the Prosecutor|227
2|9.6 The Complementary Nature of the ICC|228
2|9.7 The Hypothesis of the Complementarity Principle as a Dead Letter|229
2|9.8 The Issue of Voluntary Referrals|232
2|9.9 The Pre-Trial Chamber Decision on the Al-Senussi Case (11 October 2013)|236
2|9.10 The Awakening Hypothesis of Actual Complementarity|248
1|Table of Cases|251
1|Table of Legislation and Documents|260
2|Laws|260
1|United Nations and Other International Documents|263
1|United Kingdom and United States Official Documents|271
1|Bibliography|272
2|Books: English Bibliography|272
2|Books: Greek Bibliography|273
2|Articles: English Articles|274
2|Articles: Greek Articles|281
2|Websites|282
1|Index|284
2|Politics and History as `Extralegal´ Interpretative Factors of Legal Provisions|6
1|Acknowledgements|8
1|Contents|10
1|Abbreviations|14
1|Chapter 1: The Definition of International Crime|16
2|1.1 Introduction|16
2|1.2 The Concept of International Crime|19
2|1.3 Towards a New Definition of International Crime|37
1|Chapter 2: The Preconditions for the International Criminal Court to Exercise its Jurisdiction|41
2|2.1 Introduction: the Adoption of the Rome Statute and Article 12 ICCRSt|41
2|2.2 The Territorial Jurisdiction of the ICC|47
2|2.3 The Acceptance of the ICC´s Jurisdiction by State Parties Pursuant to Article 12(1) ICCRSt|52
2|2.4 Contested Issues of the ICC´s Territorial Jurisdiction: Excluded, Occupied and Disputed Territories|54
3|2.4.1 The Case of Excluded Territories|54
3|2.4.2 The Case of Occupied Territories|55
3|2.4.3 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Over Disputed Territories or Quasi-States: the Case of Palestine|60
2|2.5 The ICC´s Temporal Jurisdiction: Retrospective Application of the Rome Statute|74
2|2.6 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Pursuant to the Principle of Active Personality|77
2|2.7 The Ad Hoc Acceptance of the ICC´s Jurisdiction by a State Non-Party to the Rome Statute|84
1|Chapter 3: The Crime of Genocide and the International Criminal Court´s Jurisdiction|88
2|3.1 The Definition of the Crime of Genocide|88
2|3.2 Genocide as a Crime Under the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (Article 6 ICCRSt)|92
2|3.3 The Mens Rea of the Crime of Genocide Under the Rome Statute|94
3|3.3.1 The Intent to Destroy, in Whole or in Part, a National, Ethnic, Racial or Religious Group|95
3|3.3.2 The Concept of a Group´s Partial Destruction as a Prerequisite for the ICC´s Jurisdiction|101
2|3.4 Current and Potentially Emerging Implications: The Rohingya Case|109
2|3.5 Conclusion|115
1|Chapter 4: Crimes Against Humanity Under the ICC´s Jurisdiction|116
2|4.1 Introduction: the Legal Development of Crimes Against Humanity|116
2|4.2 The Analysis of the Term ``Attack´´ in the Context of Crimes Against Humanity|121
2|4.3 The Analysis of the Terms ``Widespread or Systematic´´ and Their Proposed Interpretations|123
2|4.4 The Analysis of the Term ``Pursuant to or in Furtherance of a State or Organisational Policy´´|135
1|Chapter 5: The ICC´s Jurisdiction Over War Crimes|140
2|5.1 Introduction: War Crimes and Two Cases that Do Not Fall Under the ICC´s Jurisdiction|140
2|5.2 The Phrase ``Unless Otherwise Provided´´ and the Term ``Wilful(-ly)´´ in Article 8 ICCRSt as Crucial Parameters for the Me...|145
2|5.3 The Terms ``Armed Conflict´´ and ``Within the Established Framework of International Law´´|151
2|5.4 The Meaning of the Key Term ``In Particular´´ within the Context of a Part of a Plan or Policy or a Part of a Large-Scale ...|152
2|5.5 The Meaning of the Terms ``as Part of a Plan or Policy´´ and ``as Part of a Large-Scale Commission´´|156
2|5.6 The Meaning of the Term ``Namely´´|157
2|5.7 Exceptions to the ICC´s Jurisdiction Over War Crimes: the `Phantom´ Article 124 ICCRSt|159
1|Chapter 6: The Crime of Aggression: The Birth of a Crime|161
2|6.1 The Right of Declaration of War and the Crime of Aggression: Two Antithetical Notions|161
2|6.2 The `Enactment´ of the Crime of Aggression Under the Jurisdiction of the ICC|169
2|6.3 The Birth of the Crime of Aggression: The Assembly of States Parties in Kampala (2010) and New York (2017)|170
2|6.4 Conclusion: The Birth of the Crime of Aggression or the Birth of an Incapacitated Crime?|176
1|Chapter 7: Immunities Under Art. 27 ICCRSt and the ICC´s Jurisdiction|179
2|7.1 Introduction: On Article 27 ICCRSt, ``Irrelevance of Official Capacity´´|179
2|7.2 The Relationship Between Article 27 ICCRSt and Article 98 ICCRSt: Cooperation with Respect to Waiver of Immunity and Conse...|180
2|7.3 The Non-Compliance of the African Union with the ICC´s Request for the Arrest and Surrender of Sudan´s Sitting President A...|181
2|7.4 Criticism of the ICC Decision on Chad and Malawi and Other Relevant Cases|185
2|7.5 The Necessity of a Calm and Legally Correct Analysis of Immunity in International Criminal Law|192
1|Chapter 8: The ICC´s Jurisdiction Following a Security Council´s Referral of a Situation Concerning Citizens of States Non-Par...|199
2|8.1 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Over Citizens and Territories of States that Have Not Ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC|199
2|8.2 The Application of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Article 13 ICCRSt|200
2|8.3 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Pursuant to Article 13 (b) ICCRSt Read Together with Article 25 UN Charter|200
2|8.4 The ICC´s Jurisdiction in the Situation in Sudan and Libya (Article 13 (b) ICCRSt): the Referral of States Non-Parties to ...|204
3|8.4.1 The ICC´s Jurisdiction in the Al-Bashir Case (Darfur Situation): UNSC Resolution 1593|204
3|8.4.2 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Over the Situation in Libya: UNSC Resolution 1970|210
2|8.5 Comparing the Content of the Two Resolutions: the Omission of Article 98(2) ICCRSt in the Second Resolution Regarding Libya|212
2|8.6 The Temporal Jurisdiction of the ICC Pursuant to Article 13 (b) ICCRSt|213
2|8.7 The ICC´s Jurisdiction Pursuant to Article 13 (b) ICCRSt and the Principle of Complementarity|215
2|8.8 Final Conclusions on the Role of the Security Council in the Cases of Sudan and Libya|217
1|Chapter 9: The Awakening Hypothesis of the Complementarity Principle|219
2|9.1 Introduction|219
2|9.2 About the Principle of Complementarity and Its Relation to ICC Jurisdiction|221
2|9.3 The Complementarity Principle `In Practice´|225
2|9.4 National Jurisdictions and the Office of the ICC Prosecutor: the Selection of Jurisdiction|226
2|9.5 The Two-Tiered Approach to Cases by the Office of the Prosecutor|227
2|9.6 The Complementary Nature of the ICC|228
2|9.7 The Hypothesis of the Complementarity Principle as a Dead Letter|229
2|9.8 The Issue of Voluntary Referrals|232
2|9.9 The Pre-Trial Chamber Decision on the Al-Senussi Case (11 October 2013)|236
2|9.10 The Awakening Hypothesis of Actual Complementarity|248
1|Table of Cases|251
1|Table of Legislation and Documents|260
2|Laws|260
1|United Nations and Other International Documents|263
1|United Kingdom and United States Official Documents|271
1|Bibliography|272
2|Books: English Bibliography|272
2|Books: Greek Bibliography|273
2|Articles: English Articles|274
2|Articles: Greek Articles|281
2|Websites|282
1|Index|284