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6 - Joint Criminal Enterprise

from Part II - Joint Commission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2019

By
Lachezar Yanev
General editor
Jérôme de Hemptinne ,
Robert Roth  and
Elies van Sliedregt
Edited by
Marjolein Cupido ,
Manuel J. Ventura  and
Lachezar Yanev
Assisted by
Tom Gal ,
Dillon Roseen  and
Thomas Van Poecke
Jérôme de Hemptinne
Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Robert Roth
Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Elies van Sliedregt
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Marjolein Cupido
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Manuel J. Ventura
Affiliation:
Western Sydney University
Lachezar Yanev
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands
Tom Gal
Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Thomas Van Poecke
Affiliation:
KU Leuven, Belgium
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Summary

The concept of joint criminal enterprise (JCE) has been regarded as one of the most important modes of liability in ICL, which some scholars and practitioners have praised for ‘ensuring that individual culpability is not obscured in the fog of collective criminality and accountability evaded’. Indeed, ever since it was first articulated by the ICTY Appeals Chamber in the Tadić case, JCE liability has been widely applied in the case law of both the ICTY and the ICTR, and it was subsequently also adopted by the SCSL, the ECCC and the STL.Nowadays, it is well established that JCE is a form of co-perpetration, which applies in cases where a plurality of individuals share a common criminal purpose and coordinate efforts to commit its underlying crime.

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Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law , pp. 121 - 170
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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