Book contents
- Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law
- Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Biographies
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Cross-Cutting Issues
- Part I Individual Commission
- 2 Direct Commission
- 3 Indirect Commission
- 4 Improper Omission
- Part II Joint Commission
- Part III Participation
- Part IV Participating in Group Activities
- Part V Inchoate and Preparatory Acts
- Part VI Other Forms of Responsibility
- Part VII Concluding Observations
- Index
- References
3 - Indirect Commission
from Part I - Individual Commission
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2019
- Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law
- Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Biographies
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Cross-Cutting Issues
- Part I Individual Commission
- 2 Direct Commission
- 3 Indirect Commission
- 4 Improper Omission
- Part II Joint Commission
- Part III Participation
- Part IV Participating in Group Activities
- Part V Inchoate and Preparatory Acts
- Part VI Other Forms of Responsibility
- Part VII Concluding Observations
- Index
- References
Summary
The codification of a mode of liability such as indirect perpetration is new to international law. Article 25(3)(a) of the ICC Statute covers a wider range of situations than the classic concepts of indirect perpetration, based on innocent agency, in national law. Innocent agency applies in cases where the perpetrator, considered non-culpable, is used as an innocent tool for the commission of a crime by the indirect perpetrator, who is considered a principal to the crime. In the non-innocent agent modality, both the indirect perpetrator and the agent can be held culpable as principals to the crime. The draft ICC Statute had for a long time only provided for the classic form of indirect perpetration: ‘commits such a crime, whether as an individual, jointly with another, or through a person who is not criminally responsible’.
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- Modes of Liability in International Criminal Law , pp. 30 - 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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