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- The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers
- The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Financiers and Profiteers after World War II
- Part II Arms Fairs and ‘Flying Money’
- Part III Developing the Available Law
- Part IV Where Should the Buck Stop?
- 10 Charles Taylor Inc.: Lessons from the Trial of a President, Businessman and Warlord
- 11 A Different Type of Aid
- 12 Aiding and Abetting and Causation in the Commission of International Crimes
- Part V Criminal Accountability and Beyond
- Part VI Discovering and Recovering the Profits of War
- Index
11 - A Different Type of Aid
Funders of Wars as Aiders and Abettors under International Criminal Law
from Part IV - Where Should the Buck Stop?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers
- The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Financiers and Profiteers after World War II
- Part II Arms Fairs and ‘Flying Money’
- Part III Developing the Available Law
- Part IV Where Should the Buck Stop?
- 10 Charles Taylor Inc.: Lessons from the Trial of a President, Businessman and Warlord
- 11 A Different Type of Aid
- 12 Aiding and Abetting and Causation in the Commission of International Crimes
- Part V Criminal Accountability and Beyond
- Part VI Discovering and Recovering the Profits of War
- Index
Summary
While international criminal law contains intricate rules regarding aiding and abetting, this specific body of law fails to elaborate on the ways in which one may aid or abet. This chapter first provides an overview of the relevant legal rules and the international case law regarding aiding and abetting. Next these rules are applied to funders of wars who provide financial support to a party to an armed conflict, in order to evaluate whether these funders can be held accountable as aiders and abettors. While individuals may be held responsible at the international level as aiders and abettors, companies themselves currently cannot. However, numerous individual States have enacted legislation to enable their domestic courts to determine corporate criminal liability in certain cases. This chapter therefore enquires whether domestic judicial systems can contribute effectively to the achievement of accountability when faced with cases involving companies having aided and abetted the principal perpetrator of an international crime.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020