EU support to domestic prosecution of violations of International Humanitarian Law

The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 establish an obligation to ensure respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at all times. This summary obligation is now understood as enshrining a mechanism of collective responsibility whereby all State parties commit to adopt all the necessary and r...

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Autor: Steible, Bettina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/152318
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/152318
https://doi.org/10.21814/unio.4.1.6
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:European Union
international humanitarian law
universal jurisdiction
grave breaches
war crimes
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title EU support to domestic prosecution of violations of International Humanitarian Law
spellingShingle EU support to domestic prosecution of violations of International Humanitarian Law
Steible, Bettina
European Union
international humanitarian law
universal jurisdiction
grave breaches
war crimes
title_short EU support to domestic prosecution of violations of International Humanitarian Law
title_full EU support to domestic prosecution of violations of International Humanitarian Law
title_fullStr EU support to domestic prosecution of violations of International Humanitarian Law
title_full_unstemmed EU support to domestic prosecution of violations of International Humanitarian Law
title_sort EU support to domestic prosecution of violations of International Humanitarian Law
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Steible, Bettina
author Steible, Bettina
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv European Union
international humanitarian law
universal jurisdiction
grave breaches
war crimes
topic European Union
international humanitarian law
universal jurisdiction
grave breaches
war crimes
description The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 establish an obligation to ensure respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at all times. This summary obligation is now understood as enshrining a mechanism of collective responsibility whereby all State parties commit to adopt all the necessary and reasonable measures to prevent and stop violations of IHL, but also to prosecute them when they amount to war crimes. This third dimension is comprised in articles 49/50/129/146 of Conventions, which impose an obligation on its State parties to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare) alleged perpetrators of grave breaches, including on the basis of universal jurisdiction if needed. As the EU has manifested its interest in ensuring respect for IHL with the adoption of the Guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL, the objective of this article is to analyze whether and to what extent the EU has developed instruments facilitating domestic prosecution of alleged war criminals pursuant to the Geneva Conventions.
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