Individual Criminal Responsibility for the Financing of Entities involved in Core Crimes

Laura Ausserladscheider Jonas

ISBN 10: 9004470921 / ISBN 13: 9789004470927

Published by Koninklijke Brill BV Dez 2021, 2021

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Neuware - War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression (so-called 'core crimes') often could not be committed without financial assistance. This book examines the basis for individual criminal liability under international law for persons who finance core crimes. Despite the need for clear rules, neither international courts nor scholars agree upon whether or not, or under what circumstances, such liability exists. To determine the minimum standard of liability, this work analyses the legal rules relating to complicity, both under international criminal law and domestically in twenty selected jurisdictions in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania. The aim of these analyses is to determine whether there are general principles of law recognised by the community of States regarding the minimum standard of liability for aiders and abettors. This book proposes a comparative framework for assessing legal rules relating to complicity, and it advances a normative claim as to how legal rules should be structured concerning the criminal responsibility of individuals who finance the commission of core crimes. The analysis of the applicable international law and the comparative analysis of national jurisdictions lead to the conclusion that, currently, the minimum standard of knowledge for aiding and abetting is active knowledge. However, the author argues that this standard should be revised to include wilful blindness. Regarding the intent requirement, the analyses find that dolus eventualis is included in the definition of intent.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Individual Criminal Responsibility for the Financing of Entities involved in Core Crimes
• Publisher: Koninklijke Brill BV Dez 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004470921
• ISBN 13: 9789004470927
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 155H x 16D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 537 grams

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Synopsis

War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression (so-called ‘core crimes’) often could not be committed without financial assistance. This book examines the basis for individual criminal liability under international law for persons who finance core crimes. Despite the need for clear rules, neither international courts nor scholars agree upon whether or not, or under what circumstances, such liability exists.
To determine the minimum standard of liability, this work analyses the legal rules relating to complicity, both under international criminal law and domestically in twenty selected jurisdictions in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania. The aim of these analyses is to determine whether there are general principles of law recognised by the community of States regarding the minimum standard of liability for aiders and abettors.
This book proposes a comparative framework for assessing legal rules relating to complicity, and it advances a normative claim as to how legal rules should be structured concerning the criminal responsibility of individuals who finance the commission of core crimes.
The analysis of the applicable international law and the comparative analysis of national jurisdictions lead to the conclusion that, currently, the minimum standard of knowledge for aiding and abetting is active knowledge. However, the author argues that this standard should be revised to include wilful blindness. Regarding the intent requirement, the analyses find that dolus eventualis is included in the definition of intent.

About the Author

Laura Ausserladscheider Jonas completed her Doctorate of Laws in April 2021 at the University of Pretoria. Previously, she completed a Magister Juris at Oxford University. Since 2017, she works as a jurist at the Swiss Department of Justice and Police. She has published in the fields of international criminal law and human rights law and co-authored the book Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights and articles Proportionality, Fundamental Rights and the Duties of Directors; From Hate Speech to Incitement to Genocide: The Role of the Media in the Rwandan Genocide and Individual Criminal Responsibility for the Financing of Entities Involved in Core Crimes: Aiding and Abettingpublished in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, the Boston University International Law Journal and the Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa respectively.