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International Criminal Law: quick start

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Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law (MPEIL)

Alternative names: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) ; Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (MPEiPro)

The Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law combines the fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) (originally published in print between 1991 and 2001) with the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (MPEiPro) which has been published (online only) since September 2019. The peer-reviewed articles in both works are updated and added to monthly.

Treatise on International Criminal Law: Volume I: Foundations and General Part (Ambos)
Remote access requires Oxford SSO. This three volume work is (in 2021) beginning to move to a 2nd edn. Both editions are available online via the OUP Oxford Scholarly Authorities Online database
Crimes against humanity in the 21st century : law, practice, and threats to international peace and security
The Grammar of Criminal Law – Volume Two: International Criminal Law (George P. Fletcher)
International Law Reports (ILR)
Journal of international criminal justice
SHERLOC
The SHERLOC portal is an initiative to facilitate the dissemination of information regarding the implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the three Protocols thereto and the international legal framework against terrorism.
Lexsitus
Free resource. "The International Nuremberg Principles Academy is pleased to partner with the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) and present Lexsitus, a new online service ... The main objective of Lexsitus is to support the learning of, and work with, legal sources in international criminal law."

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"[Lexsitus offers] integrated access to the following resources, at the level of every article and main provision of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC):
more than 230 lectures by 50 Lexsitus Lectures from all regions ... ; a commentary made up of 915 separate comments;
international case law; the preparatory works of the ICC Statute; and two digests that offer excerpts from judgments on more than 860 separate pages for individual elements of crime.
Transcripts are available as a separate PDF-file for every lecture. Lexsitus offers the possibilities to establish a personal user account, build an individual library, search and download, and to copy-and-paste quotations for individual drafting purposes.
The landing page has links to a user-friendly audio-visual tutorial, as well as introductions ..."
Professor K J Heller, SOAS/ University of Melbourne: What is an International Crime?
Free resource Podcast of lecture given at Oxford 30 Jan 2014 [0:33:16]
Amnesty International's Universal Jurisdiction: A Preliminary Survey of Legislation Around the World:
Free resource. (2011).130 page pdf. "Universal jurisdiction, an essential tool of international justice, is the ability of the court of any state to try persons for crimes committed outside its territory that are not linked to the state by the
nationality of the suspect or the victims or by harm to the state’s own national interests ... this preliminary survey by Amnesty International .. is designed to assist the Sixth [Legal] Committee of the UN General Assembly in its discussions.
Amnesty International's guide to terms in international criminal law
Free resource. A pdf
ICD: International Crimes Database
Free resource. "The International Crimes Database (ICD) website, hosted and maintained by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague and supported by the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague, offers a comprehensive database on international crimes adjudicated by national, as well as international and internationalized courts."
Under Commentary, has Video recordings of past Supranational Criminal Law Lectures & written Briefs.
Hybrid Justice Project
The Hybrid Justice project analyses the impact of ‘hybrid’ domestic-international criminal justice mechanisms in post-conflict and transitioning states. These courts and tribunals feature varying combinations of domestic and international staff, operative law, structure, financing and rules of procedure.

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Principal investigators:
Kirsten Ainley, London School of Economics and Political Science
Mark Kersten, Wayamo Foundation and University of Toronto
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the LSE Institute of Global Affairs.

In the Bodleian Law Library, the current collection for this topic is on open shelf on Level 3.

This is one floor above the entrance level to the library. It is accessible by both stairs and a lift.

On Level 3 you will find,

International law reports - shelved at Internat 100s
Internatonal Law Journals volumes 2000 to date - shelved at Internat 300. (If you require a volume from 1999 or earlier, you can find these on the Ground Floor of the Law Library)
Monographs, grouped in broad classifications as follows:
Internat 500 general works on public international law - many of which may have relevant chapters on international criminal law
Internat 580 International criminal law
Internat 570 Human Rights Law
Internat 750 War and armed conflict

Law Library: Reserve Collection

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