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20 - Immunities

from Part III - Crime of Aggression under Current International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2017

Claus Kreß
Affiliation:
Universität zu Köln
Stefan Barriga
Affiliation:
United Nations, New York
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The Crime of Aggression
A Commentary
, pp. 675 - 703
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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