Defining the Crime of Aggression Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court

Leiden Journal of International Law

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 409-430

  Müller Schieke, Irina Kaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggression; International Criminal Court; Security Council

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009637574     PISSN: 09221565     EISSN: 14789698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0922156501000218     Document Type: Article

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