The Arms Trade and International Criminal Law: Reframing Accountability for Complicit Weapon Suppliers

Author:   Tomas Hamilton (Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Professor, University of Amsterdam)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780192868671


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 February 2025
Format:   Hardback
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The Arms Trade and International Criminal Law: Reframing Accountability for Complicit Weapon Suppliers


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Author:   Tomas Hamilton (Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Professor, University of Amsterdam)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.538kg
ISBN:  

9780192868671


ISBN 10:   0192868675
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 February 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Complementing Export Regulation with Criminal Accountability 3: 'Arms Trade Law' and the Potential of International Justice 4: The Actus Reus of a Complicit Arms Transfer 5: The Mens Rea of a Complicit Arms Transfer 6: Observing ICC Legal Culture on the Arms Trade 7: Imagining the Arms Trade in ICC Case Selection 8: Investigating the Arms Trade in the Second Congo War 9: Overlooking Arms Brokers in the ICC's Situation in the DRC 10: Conclusion

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This is a powerful and necessary work. It bridges a critical gap between legal doctrine and empirical reality, offering a framework for how ICL can and should hold arms traders accountable for complicity in atrocity crimes. * Peter Karamoskos, Medicine, Conflict and Survival *


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Tomas Hamilton is an international lawyer at Guernica 37 Chambers in London and Adjunct Professor at the University of Amsterdam. He specialises in international human rights and criminal law. Tomas holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Oxford, an LLB from the College of Law, an LLM from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in Law from King's College London. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2011. Tomas has worked as a Human Rights Officer at the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, Senior Legal Consultant at the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), Associate Legal Officer at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, and at a leading criminal law firm in London.

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