Al Hassan Symposium – Justice Served (f)or Justice Denied? – The ICC Trial Chamber’s Approach to the War Crime of Passing Sentences Without a Regularly Constituted Court under Article 8(2)(c)(iv) of the Rome Statute
To say that the ICC’s Trial Chamber Judgment in the Al Hassan case has been eagerly awaited by scholars of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international criminal law (ICL) would be an understatement. Indeed, the case touches upon a plethora of cutting-edge questions, including in relation to conflict classification, the nexus requirement, rebel governance, gender …