Coalition power without individual responsibility? : the criminal liability of NATO commanders within international law / Alexandra von Stein-Lausnitz.

"This thesis deals with the individual criminal liability under international law of NATO commanders for crimes committed by their subordinates in the context of complex, multilateral command and control structures. After analysing the applicable law, the elements that must be fulfilled in orde...

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Main Author: Stein-Lausnitz, Alexandra von (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Göttingen : Cuvillier Verlag, [2022]
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • RESPONSIBILITY
  • NATO
  • THESIS / OVERVIEW
  • 1 CHAPTER 1: NATO'S OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBLE COMMAND
  • 1.1 THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT
  • 1.2 INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES
  • 1.3 NATO & INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
  • 1.4 PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT
  • 1.5 INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNATIONALLY WRONGFUL ACTS
  • 1.6 SUMMARY CHAPTER 1
  • 2 CHAPTER 2: THE DOCTRINE OF COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY
  • 2.1 REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY
  • 2.2 JOINT CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
  • 2.3 GROUNDS FOR EXCLUDING CRIMINAL LIABILITY
  • 2.4 IMMUNITY
  • 2.5 EXCURSUS: MILITARY JUSTICE
  • 2.6 SUMMARY CHAPTER 2
  • 3 CHAPTER 3: COMMAND, CONTROL & COMMUNICATION WITHIN NATO
  • 3.1 DEFINITIONS: COMMAND, CONTROL & COMMUNICATION
  • 3.2 HISTORY OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES
  • 3.3 DE IURE COMMAND
  • 3.4 DE FACTO COMMAND
  • 3.5 EXECUTIVE COMMAND
  • 3.6 COMMUNICATION & INTELLIGENCE
  • 3.7 SUMMARY CHAPTER 3
  • 4 CHAPTER 4: ATTRIBUTION TO AND WITHIN NATO
  • 4.1 ATTRIBUTION OF A COMMANDER'S CONDUCT TO NATO
  • 4.2 SUPERIOR-SUBORDINATE RELATIONSHIP
  • 4.3 SUMMARY CHAPTER 4
  • 5 TOTAL ABSTRACT & CONCLUSION
  • 5.1 APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW
  • 5.2 COMMANDERS ACTING IN THE SPHERE OF NATO
  • 5.3 REQUIREMENTS OF COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY APPLICABLE TO NATO
  • 5.4 CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • TABLE OF CASES
  • CODED PRESENTATION FOR THE STATISTICAL CALCULATION