TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zimmermann, Andreas
A1  - Schabedoth, John Alexander
T1  - Domestic and international criminal justice
BT  - challenges ahead
JF  - KFG working paper series
N2  - This paper consists of two parts: In the first part, some of the challenges with which the Internationaal Criminal Court is currently confronted are being presented. First of all, the article will describe the current state of the International Criminal Court and the Rome Statue. Afterwards, the article analyses the Court’s efforts to deal with cases against third-country nationals and the challenges it is facing in that regard. In addition, the Court’s case law will be analyzed in order to determine an increasing ‘emancipation’ of the case law of the International Criminal Court from international humanitarian law. The second part of the paper will briefly discuss the role of domestic international criminal law and domestic courts in the further development and enforcement of international criminal law. As an example of the role that domestic courts may have in clarifying classic issues in international law, the judgment of the German Supreme Court of January 28, 2021 (3 StR 564/19), which deals with the status of costumary international law on functional immunity of State officials before domestic courts, shall be assessed.
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4087189
SN  - 2509-3762
SN  - 2509-3770
IS  - 57
PB  - Berlin Potsdam Research Group International Law - Rise or Decline?
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zimmermann, Andreas
A1  - Jauer, Nora
T1  - Possible indirect legal effects under international law of non-legally binding instruments
JF  - KFG working paper series
N2  - As part of the current overall process of de-formalization in international law States increasingly chose informal, non-legally binding agreements or ‘Memoranda of Understanding’ (‘MOUs') to organize their international affairs. The increasing conclusion of such legally non-binding instruments in addition to their flexibility, however, also leads to uncertainties in international relations. Against this background, this article deals with possible indirect legal consequences produced by MOUs. It discusses the different legal mechanisms and avenues that may give rise to secondary legal effects of MOUs through a process of interaction with and interpretation in line with other (formal) sources of international law. The article further considers various strategies how to avoid such eventual possible unintended or unexpected indirect legal effects of MOUs when drafting such instruments and when dealing with them subsequent to their respective ‘adoption’.
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3840767
SN  - 2509-3770
SN  - 2509-3762
VL  - 48
PB  - Berlin Potsdam Research Group International Law - Rise or Decline?
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zimmermann, Andreas
A1  - Berdefy, Alina-Camille
T1  - Strafverfolgung und Beendigung von Straflosigkeit angesichts des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine
BT  - Möglichkeiten und Erfolgsaussichten der Einrichtung eines Sondertribunals für das Verbrechen der Aggression
JF  - Ukraine-Krieg und Recht
Y1  - 2023
UR  - https://beck-online.beck.de/Bcid/Y-300-Z-UKUR-B-2023-S-164-N-1
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
SP  - 164
EP  - 167
PB  - C.H. Beck
CY  - München
ER  -