The Crime of Aggression, Domestic Prosecutions and Complementarity

Pål Wrange

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21 - The Crime of Aggression, Domestic Prosecutions and Complementarity

from Part III - Crime of Aggression under Current International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2017

Pål Wrange

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Claus Kreß: Affiliation:
Universität zu Köln
Stefan Barriga: Affiliation:
United Nations, New York

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Information: The Crime of Aggression
A Commentary
, pp. 704 - 751

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