Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamentals of international criminal law -- The subjective and objective elements of international crimes -- Modes of liability and criminal participation --The law of command responsibility -- Defences in international criminal law -- Immunities from criminal jurisdiction -- War crimes and grave breaches -- Crimes against humanity -- The crime of genocide -- Offences against the person -- Transnational crimes -- Terrorism -- The crime of aggression -- International criminal law of the sea -- The exercise of criminal jurisdiction -- International cooperation in criminal matters -- The Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals and the origins of international criminal justice -- The international criminal tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda -- The permanent international criminal court -- Internationalised domestic criminal tribunals, truth commissions and amnesties -- Evidence before international criminal courts and tribunals -- The status of victims in international criminal law and criminal proceedings.