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Excusable Evil: An Analysis of Complete Defences in International Criminal Law


ISBN13: 9781780682044
Published: June 2014
Publisher: Intersentia Publishers
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: £76.00



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Could Hitler have pleaded insanity? Can a soldier participating in a massacre claim duress because his superior forced him? In domestic criminal law complete defences, such as insanity and duress, are rather common legal figures. But what is the role of these arguments in international criminal law? Can horrific large-scale crimes, such as genocide and crimes against humanity, ever be excused?

This book provides an analysis of cases featuring complete defences at international criminal courts (IMT, IMTFE, ICTY, ICTR and ICC). Conclusion of the analysis is that international criminal courts recognize most complete defences in principle. However, they consistently reject them in practice. Courts thus tend to say: “Insanity is available as a complete defence…but not in this case”. This conclusion raises questions as to the compatibility between complete defences and international crimes: When they are never accepted in practice, should such defences be available at all? The final Part of the book answers this question in the affirmative and provides recommendations on the contents of complete defences in the field of international criminal justice.