By Prof. Héctor Olasolo (The Hague: Brill / Nijhoff, 2018) – ISBN: 9789004341005
Parties negotiating the end of authoritarian regimes or armed conflicts are almost inevitably left in a situation of legal uncertainty.
Despite their overlapping scope of application, the differences between the approaches of International Criminal Law (ICL) and Transitional Justice (TJ) are so profound that, unless dogmatisms are left aside and a process of dialogue is entered into, it will not be possible to harmonize the current legal regime of international crimes with the need to articulate transitional processes that are capable of effectively overcoming authoritarian regimes and armed conflicts.
The serious material limitations shown by national, international and hybrid ICL enforcement mechanisms should be acknowledged and the goals pursued by ICL should be redefined accordingly. A minimum level of consensus on the scope of application, goals and elements of TJ should also be reached. Situations of systematic or large scale violence against the civilian population by transnational criminal organizations increase the challenge.
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Selection of Previous Books: Los Desafíos del Derecho Internacional Penal: Especial Atención a los Casos de Argentina, Colombia, España, México y Uruguay (Tirant lo Blanch, 2018); Introducción al Derecho Internacional Penal (Universidad del Rosario, 2015); Tratado de Autoría y Participación en Derecho Internacional Penal (Tirant lo Blanch, 2013); Essays on International Criminal Justice (Hart, Oxford, 2012); The Role of the International Criminal Court in Preventing Atrocity Crimes through Timely Intervention (Boom Jurisdisch/Willem Pompe Institute of Utrecht University, 2010); The Criminal Responsibility of Political and Military Leaders as Principals to international Crimes (Hart, Oxford, 2009); Terrorismo Internacional y Conflicto Armado (Tirant lo Blanch, 2008); Unlawful Attacks in Combat Situations (Brill/Nijhoff, 2007); The Triggering Procedure of the International Criminal Court (Brill/Nijhoff, 2005)
Selection of Previous Publications in Q-1 Journals: American Journal of International Law; Journal of International Criminal Justice; Criminal Law Forum, International Criminal Law Review, Leiden Journal of International Law
