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An odd couple: domestic crimes and international responsibility in the special tribunal for Lebanon

journal contribution
posted on 2007-11-01, 00:00 authored by M Milanovic
This article examines one of the most serious flaws of the Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ('STL'): while it provides that Lebanese domestic law is the sole source of crimes over which the STL will have jurisdiction, it at the same time applies to these domestic crimes uniquely international forms of criminal responsibility, namely joint criminal enterprise and command responsibility. By doing so, the Statute is in violation of the nullum crime sine lege principle, since it would allow for the conviction of persons who could not be held responsible under Lebanese law. The purpose of this article is to highlight some ways out of this problem. © Oxford University Press, 2007, All rights reserved.

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Journal

Journal of international criminal justice

Volume

5

Pagination

1139-1152

Location

Oxford, Eng.

ISSN

1478-1387

eISSN

1478-1395

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

5

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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