Keywords = International Criminal Court
Number of Articles: 2
The International Criminal Liability of the Government Officials Trading the Prohibited Arms

The International Criminal Liability of the Government Officials Trading the Prohibited Arms

Volume 19, Issue 74, Winter 2017, Pages 165-188

Gholam Hussein Elham, Muhammad Yekrangi

Abstract There are some kinds of arms that their use is prohibited according to the international customary law or treaty law. However, these types of weaponries are produced and traded by some countries. In this context or the government officials who trade these weapons liable and so can be sued in the international criminal court. If yes, what are their liabilities? The authors of the paper I have concluded that if the unity of intention can be established, tournament officials should be liable as accomplice and if their action is based on an intention to realize a deliberate criminal act, they will have criminal liability based on the action for a joint purpose.    

An Evaluation of the International Criminal Policy in Suing the ISIL Atrocities

An Evaluation of the International Criminal Policy in Suing the ISIL Atrocities

Volume 18, Issue 67, Winter 2015, Pages 159-190

peyman namamian

Abstract  There are some countries that establish and utilize terrorist groups for interest of their own foreign policies, however, they are crippling the international system in fight against terrorism. The ISIL atrocities are one of the cases with its threatening nature and terrorist activities against international peace and security. Accordingly the paper aims at studying the nature and structure of ISIL with a comparative look at the atrocities it is committing; furthermore, the paper discusses possible legislative and criminalization acts of the UN Security Council that can establish terroristic acts of ISIL and pave the way to bring it to trail at international criminal courts.