2021; WISDOM, 17(1): 170–182
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Complicity and the Doctrine of “Command Liability” for Committing War Crimes

Received: 2024-11-25 · Published: 2021-03-21

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Original title
Complicity and the Doctrine of “Command Liability” for Committing War Crimes
Author
Hayk GRIGORYAN
Published
2021-03-21
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Original
https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v17i1.468

Abstract

The article analyzes the mechanisms of bringing the servicemen of the opposing party of the armed conflict to criminal responsibility through the doctrines of “joint criminal enterprise” and “command responsibility”, which are dealt with International criminal law considering that the acts committed by this category of persons are usually subject to investigation by international bodies of criminal justice on the basis of definitions developed by international practice. The analysis carried out by the author enables to propose scientifically substantiated recommendations on the qualifications of acts committed by servicemen of the opposing party of the armed conflict that constitutes corpus delicti of various war and international crimes.
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