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This dataset contains information on language and speech-acts by the UN Security Council (UNSC) and its member states. More specifically, the focus lies on how the UNSC as a whole, in its resolutions, and the individual member states “talk” about the norms and issues that are construed as threats against international peace and security.

The Commentary on the Law of the International Criminal Court (CLICC) provides a provision-by-provision analysis of the Rome Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court. It is available as a book in hardcopy, an e-book and as an online commentary. It enables the user to find case-law, doctrine and comments efficiently and without cost.

The Commentary on the Law of the International Criminal Court (CLICC) provides a provision-by-provision analysis of the Rome Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court. It is available as a book in hardcopy, an e-book and as an online commentary. It enables the user to find case-law, doctrine and comments efficiently and without cost.

What explains why the United Nations Security Council meets and deliberates on some armed conflicts but not others? We advance a theoretical argument centred on the role of conflict externalities, state interests and interest heterogeneity. We investigate data on the Security Council's deliberation on armed conflicts in the 1989–2019 period and make three key findings: (1) conflicts that generate substantive military or civilian deaths are more likely to attract the Security Council's attention; (2) permanent members are varyingly likely to involve the Security Council when their interests are at stake; and (3) in contrast to the conventional wisdom, conflicts over which members have divergent interests are more likely to enter the agenda than other conflicts. The findings have important implications for debates about the Security Council's attention, responsiveness to problems and role in world politics.

Around the world, corporate behavior can have harmful impacts, transcending territorial boundaries and traditional commercial settings. Apparent corporate involvement in atrocities and human rights violations raisesquestions about liability. During the second Sudanese civil war (1983-2005), corporations from North America and Europe sought to exploit gasand oil resources in the conflict areas of southern Sudan. There have beenvarious attempts to hold those corporations and their executives liable foralleged involvement in atrocities committed during that conflict. Amongthem is the recent indictment lodged in the district court of Stockholmagainst leading executives of Lundin Energy, a Swedish oil and gas company, for complicity in alleged war crimes in southern Sudan from 1999 to2003. The case has prompted further litigation and scholarly discussion ona variety of related issues in Sweden and elsewhere, including the capacity toprosecute persons residing in other countries under universal jurisdiction,the role of government in authorizing prosecutions, complicity in international crimes, applicability of international humanitarian law, and theSwedish penal provision on war crimes. In exploring the Lundin case andrelevant precedent regarding domestic criminalization of violations of international humanitarian law in a non-international armed conflict, this article argues that the district court does have jurisdiction in the Lundin caseand that questions relating to complicity should be adjudicated pursuant togeneral principles of domestic criminal law.

There is a common Nordic perspective on international humanitarian law (IHL) and international criminal law (ICL) which may be explained by a common historical and cultural heritage as well as by conscious and close Nordic cooperation in the field of legislation, including criminal law. This chapter examines how ICL and IHL has been implemented in a domestic context in relation to three themes: implementing legislation; prosecutorial discretion, jurisdiction, and government involvement, and situations investigated and cases adjudicated by courts in the Nordic countries. This is based on separate country and thematic studies previously conducted by several scholars. For each of the three themes there will be an initial account for each of the Nordic countries, followed by a comparative analysis. Particular attention is paid to transplants from one Nordic country to another.

I ett nytt beslut slår Högsta domstolen fast att svensk domstol är behörig att pröva det åtal som harväckts mot en schweizisk tidigare företrädare för Lundin Oil för medhjälp till folkrättsbrott i Sudan. Mark Klamberg analyserar beslutet., In a new decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Swedish court has jurisdiction to adjudicate on the indictment that has been brought against a Swiss former representative of Lundin Oil for aiding and abetting violations of international law in Sudan. Mark Klamberg analyzes the decision., Ursprungligen publicerad i JP Juridiskt bibliotek.

This comment is on initial appearance hearings held at international criminal tribunals and courts. The purpose of an initial appearance hearing is at least twofold: to inform the suspect of the charges against them, and of their rights during the proceedings. It is part of the pretrial proceedings and normally occurs while investigations are still ongoing. However, it differs from theearly parts of an investigation in the sense that the initial appearance hearing sets the stage for trial. It is usually the first opportunity for the suspectto state their view on the court’s jurisdiction and the accusations made offering an exception whereby a suspect may challenge the admissibility and/or jurisdiction of a case. As such the hearing is of great symbolicimportance. At the time of the initial appearance hearing, the accusation againstthe suspect has to some extent already been formalized either as an arrest warrant or summons to appear,or an indictment. Due to the different regulatory framework and timing of different procedural activities ofinternational tribunals and courts, the status and characterization of the person may vary from ‘person investigated’, ‘suspect’, or ‘defendant’., Part of the module: Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]

Public unrest, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and events of equal severity have in recent years prompted states to declare state of emergency. Sometimes, the proclamation of a public emergency is necessary or at least defendable, for example a natural disaster may call for special measures which could not be taken with full respect for all the obligations under human rights treaties. In other cases, public emergencies can be used as a smokescreen for repressive government policies. Once the necessity for derogation is conceded, it becomes difficult to control whether the suspension of rights amounts to abuse of power. Serious violations of human rights often accompany emergency situations. This study first sets out an analytical framework which seeks to answer two questions: what is the role of the sovereign, i.e. the legislative and executive branches of Government? What do states perceive as threats and what consequences will that have for their policies. Next the legislative framework as provided for in human rights regimes is described. The analytical and legal framework is applied to five recent cases and phenomena: counterterrorism; Arab Spring; migration; pandemics and economic crises.

These two sections deal with privacy protection, in particular against surveillance and concering personal data under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union., Dessa två avsnitt beskriver skyddet för privatliv, särskilt gentemot övervakning och avseende personuppgifter enligt Europakonventionen om skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna och Europeiska unionens stadga om de grundläggande rättigheterna.

Staten har som en av sina kärnuppgifter att värna nationell säkerhet och fysiskt skydda sina medborgare. Potentiella hot mot dessa intressen manifesteras inte enbart i form av brottslighet utan kan även handla om andra aktörers agerande inom områden som rör ekonomisk utveckling, politiskt oberoende och militär säkerhet. För att möta dessa hot inhämtar stater information som innehåller personuppgifter, och dessa uppgifter blir i allt högre utsträckning föremål för automatiserad databehandling. Texten beskriver informationsbehandling inom brottsbekämpning och underrättelseverksamhet i form av i en informationslivscykel. Därefter behandlas följande problem och utmaningar särskilt: teknikneutral lagstiftning; ändamål som styrmedel för behandling av information och personuppgiftsbehandling; prevention jämfört med reaktion; tidpunkter för och gradering av integritetsintrång; och kontrollfunktioner. Avslutningsvis presenteras två fallstudier beträffande det s.k. "Romregistret" och det s.k. "Kvinnoregistret".

Som ”internationella brott” brukar man beteckna folkmord, brott mot mänskligheten och krigsförbrytelser. Alla tre brotten avser individers ansvar för grova kränkningar av internationell humanitär rätt och de definieras i folkrätten. I den nya boken "Lagföring av internationella brott i Sverige" redogör författarna, verksamma inom såväl folkrätt som svensk straffrätt, för den speciella brottstypen och de problem det innebär att lagföra denna typ av brott. De utgår från prognosen att det svenska rättsmaskineriet av flera anledningar lär stå inför uppgiften att handlägga ett antal rättegångar av en typ som man tidigare har saknat större erfarenhet av. Gärningarna kan vara begångna på olika håll i världen, i fallen hittills ofta i Afrika eller Mellanöstern. Mycket pekar på att internationella brott av skilda slag fortsätter att begås på olika håll i världen. Mot den bakgrunden kan man rimligtvis förvänta ett fortsatt tryck på domstolarna också i Sverige att ta upp mål om sådana brott. Bristen på tillräcklig svensk erfarenhet av den här typen av mål innebär naturligtvis särskilda utmaningar vad gäller omfång, organisation och rättegångens genomförande. De medför med andra ord osedvanligt höga krav både på domstolskanslier och domare och på medverkande åklagare och försvarare. Hittills har nu i Sverige avgjorts tolv mål. Åtta av dem har handlagts vid Stockholms tingsrätt; nio fall har gått vidare, varav sex avgjorts i Svea hovrätt. I ett par fall har rätten funnit det nödvändigt att hålla syn på stället. De avgjorda målen ger givetvis möjligheter till att samla och utveckla kompetens. Den nya boken vänder sig till skilda svenska aktörer: domare, åklagare, målsägarbiträden och offentliga försvarare. Men den kan säkert bli högst användbar också inom juridisk forskning och utbildning i Norden.

International criminal trials are normally very complex and burdened with vast amounts of evidence. Even though such trials may face distinct challenges as compared to trials in domestic settings, the challenges and process of evaluating evidence have still much in common regardless if the trial is before a domestic or international court. Many old debates on evidence that have taken place in domestic settings - and in some cases been settled - have made a comeback in the practice and scholarship on international criminal justice together with new debates. This chapter gives an account of current controversies in evaluating evidence in international criminal trials, including whether the evaluation of evidence should be subject to an intuitive holistic approach or deconstruction? Is the standard of proof for conviction subjective or objective? Is it possible and/or desirable to use mathematical methods in evaluating evidence? The chapter also covers the criticism against the “beyond reasonable doubt” standard and whether fact-finding at the international level is possible at all.