Umfassende Analyse des völkerrechtlichen Straftatbestands „Angriff auf Friedensmissionen“. Ausgehend von der historischen Entstehung und bisherigen Rechtsprechung entwickelt die Autorin ein systematisch wie praktisch überzeugendes Verständnis des Straftatbestandes. Sie zeigt auf, dass die bislang [...]

englischThis work is the first monographic examination of the so-called continuing crime in international criminal law. The continuing crime has emerged in jurisprudence and doctrine as a type of offence that is characterised by a temporally extended commission. In this context, various questions [...]

englischThe books aims at mapping out how, under the jus contra bellum, the risk of mistake is distributed between the different actors: By systematically analyzing the sources of international law, the author examines to which extent mistakes by states regarding the factual requirements of an [...]

englischCyber warfare is an issue of extreme importance in the current debate on security policy. So far, there has been no cyber incident that states have acknowledged as an armed conflict in the legal sense. And even if, nowadays, a war exclusively fought with cyber attacks seems unrealis-tic, [...]

englischThe invitation of a state to use military force on its territory provides a legal basis under international law for the use of force by another state intervening on the invitation's basis. This principle is well-accepted in legal scholarship in the case of consent given ad hoc. However, [...]

englischUp to now, the naval blockade has been analysed almost exclusively in the context of ius in bello under international law. Since the emergence of the United Nations peacekeeping system, however, the question has arisen as to how the maritime blockade is to be assessed in terms of ius ad et [...]

englischIn honour of Benjamin B Ferencz, this volume, illustrated with pictures, documents the ceremony on the occasion of the award of an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne to the renowned jurist and last living chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials. The volume [...]

englischWhenever States use force in their international relations, interstate assistance is a vital component.

The book clarifies the regulation of interstate assistance to a use of force under international law. It comprehensively reviews the relevant practice of States in United Nations [...]

englischWar crimes against property are standing in the shadow of those crimes that are immediately directed against human beings. But it should not be forgotten that the appropriation and destruction of property can have enormous consequences for the people that are affected by those deeds, since [...]