‘The Legality of Rebel Courts during Non-International Armed Conflicts’
The talk will commence at 13:15, a light sandwich lunch is served from 13:00.
Rebel courts are often justified by rebels in the interest of securing law and order, states’ perceptions are more negative, especially the territorial state concerned. This raises questions under international humanitarian law, human rights law and international criminal law on the legality of such courts and of fair trial guarantees. In a recent case a court in Sweden ruled on the individual criminal responsibility of a soldier for carrying out sentences issued by a rebel court, a first for any court worldwide. The dilemma of rebel courts reveals opposing interests in international humanitarian law and international criminal law and raises important policy considerations.
Date:
19 November 2018, 13:00
Venue:
St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details:
Seminar Room L (between the Law Bod and the Missing Bean cafe)
Speaker:
Dr Mark Klamberg (Stockholm University)
Organising department:
Centre for Criminology
Organiser:
Oxford Transitional Justice Research (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
ivo.gruev@law.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Ivo Gruev (University of Oxford )
Part of:
Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Ivo Gruev
