International Case Law
Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission
Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, Partial Award: Western Front, Aerial Bombardment and Related Claims, Eritrea’s Claims, 19 December 2005, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, vol. xxvi
European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR, Case of Chiragov and Others v Armenia, Appl. No 13216/05, Judgment (Merits) (16 June 2015)
ECtHR, Georgia v. Russia (ii), Appl. No 38263/08, Judgment (Merits) (21 January 2021)
ECtHR, Hanan v Germany, Appl. No 4871/16, Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) (16 February 2021)
ECtHR, Case of J. and Others v Austria, Appl. No 58216/12, Judgment (17 January 2017)
ECtHR, Case of Janowiec and Others v Russia, Appl. Nos 55508/07 and 29520/09, Judgment (21 October 2013)
ECtHR, Case of Kononov v Latvia, Appl. No 36376/04, Judgment (24 July 2008)
ECtHR, Case of Korbely v Hungary, Appl. No 9174/02, Judgment (19 September 2008)
ECtHR, Case of Marguš v Croatia, Appl. No 4455/10, Judgment (27 May 2014)
ECtHR, Case of Sargsyan v Azerbaijan, Appl. No 40167/06, Judgment (Merits) (16 June 2015)
ECtHR, Case of Saribekyan and Balyan v Azerbaijan, App. No 35746/11, Judgment (7 September 2020)
ECtHR, Case of Tagayeva and Others v Russia, Appl. No 26562/07, Judgment (13 April 2017)
ECtHR, Case of Van Anraat v Netherlands, Appl. No. 65389/09, Decision on Admissibility (6 July 2010)
Inter-American Commission for Human Rights
Inter-American Commission for Human Rights, Juan Carlos Abella v Argentina, Case No 11.137, Report No 55/97oea/Ser.L/v/ii.98 doc. 6 rev. (1997)
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
IACtHR, Case of Gelman v Uruguay, Judgment (Merits and Reparations), iachr Series C No 221 (24 February 2011)
IACtHR, Case of the Massacres of El Mozote and Nearby Places v El Salvador, Judgment (Merits, Reparations and Costs), Series C No. 253 (25 October 2012)
IACtHR, Case of Miguel Castro-Castro Prison v Peru, Judgment (Merits, Reparations and Costs), iachr Series C No 160 (25 November 2006)
IACtHR, Rochac Heranández et al. v El Salvador, Judgment (Merits, Reparations and Costs), Series C No. 285 (14 October 2014)
IACtHR, Case of the Santo Domingo Massacre v Colombia, Judgment (Preliminary Objections, Merits and Reparations), Series C No. 259 (30 November 2012)
International Court of Justice
icj, Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Uganda) Judgment, icj Rep 2005, p. 168
icj, Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium), Judgment icj Rep 2002, p.3
icj, Case concerning the Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v Republic of Mali), Judgment, icj Rep 1986, p. 554
icj, Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v United States of America), Merits, Judgment, icj Rep 1986, p. 14
icj, Judgment No. 2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization upon a Complaint Filed against the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Advisory Opinion, icj Rep 2012, p. 10
icj, Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy), Counter-Claim, Order of 6 July 2010, icj Rep 2010, p. 310
icj, Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy: Greece intervening), Judgment, icj Rep 2012, p. 99
icj, Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 267 (1970), Advisory Opinion, icj Rep 1971, p. 16
icj, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, icj Rep 2004, p. 136
icj, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, icj Rep 1996, p. 226
icj, North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany v Denmark and Federal Republic of Germany v the Netherlands) Judgment, icj Rep 1969, p. 3
icj, Nuclear Tests (Australia v France), Judgment, icj Rep 1974, p. 267
icj, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v United States of America), Preliminary Objection, Judgment, icj Rep 1996, p. 803 icj, Reparation for injuries suffered in the service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion icj Rep 1949, p. 174
International Criminal Court
icc, Prosecutor v Banda (Public redacted ‘decision on the “defence request for termination of proceedings”’) icc-02/05-03/09-535-Red (30 January 2014)
icc, Prosecutor v Bemba Gombo (Decision pursuant to Article 61(7)(a) and (b) of the Rome Statute on the charges) Case No icc-01/05-01/08 (15 June 2009)
icc, Prosecutor v Bemba Gombo (Judgment pursuant to Article 74 of the Statute) Case No icc-01/05-01/08-3343 (21 March 2016)
icc, Prosecutor v Katanga (Judgment pursuant to article 74 of the Statute) Case No icc-01/04-01/07-3436 (7 March 2014)
icc, Prosecutor v Lubanga Dyilo (Confirmation of charges) Case No icc-01/04-01/06-803 (29 January 2007)
icc, Prosecutor v Lubanga Dyilo (Judgment pursuant to Article 74 of the Statute) Case No icc-01/04-01/06 (14 March 2012)
icc, Prosecutor v Lubanga Dyilo (Decision on sentence pursuant to Article 76 of the Statute) Case No icc-01/04-01/06-2901 (10 July 2012)
icc, Prosecutor v Lubanga Dyilo (Judgment on the appeal of Mr Thomas Lubanga Dyilo against his conviction) Case No icc-01/04–01/06 A 5 (1 December 2014)
icc, Prosecutor v Mbarushimana (Decision on the confirmation of charges) Case No icc-01/04-01/10-465-Red (16 December 2011)
icc, Prosecutor v Ntaganda (Second decision on the defence’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court in respect of Counts 6 and 9) Case No icc-01/04-02/06-1707 (4 January 2017)
icc, Prosecutor v Ntaganda (Judgment) Case No icc-01/04-02/06 oa5 (15 June 2017)
icc, Situation on the Registered Vessels of the Union of the Comoros, the Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia (Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecutor’s decision not to initiate an investigation) Case No icc-01/13-34 (16 July 2015)
icc, Situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Judgment on the appeal against the decision on the authorisation of an investigation into the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) Case No icc-02/17-138 (5 March 2020)
icc, Situation in the State of Palestine (The State of Palestine’s observations in relation to the request for a ruling on the Court’s territorial jurisdiction in Palestine) Case No icc-01/18-82 (16 March 2020) icc, Situation in the State of Palestine (The State of Palestine’s response to the Pre-Trial Chamber’s Order requesting additional information) Case No icc-01/18-135 (4 June 2020)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ictr, Prosecutor v Akayesu (Judgment) Case No ictr-96-4-T (2 September 1998)
ictr, Prosecutor v Akayesu (Judgment) Case No ictr-96-4-A (1 June 2001)
ictr, Prosecutor v Bagosora and Nsengiyumva (Judgment) Case No ictr-98-41-A (14 December 2011)
ictr, Prosecutor v Kayishema and Ruzindana (Judgment) Case No ictr-95-1-T (21 May 1999)
ictr, Prosecutor v Musema (Judgment) Case No ictr-96-13-A (27 January 2000)
ictr, Prosecutor v Rutaganda (Judgment) Case No ictr-96-3-T (6 December 1999)
ictr, Prosecutor v Setako (Judgment) Case No ictr-04-81-A (28 September 2011)
ictr, Prosecutor v Semanza (Judgment) Case No ictr-97-20-T (15 May 2003)
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
icty, Prosecutor v Aleksovski (Judgment) Case No it-95-14/1-T (25 June 1999)
icty, Prosecutor v Aleksovski (Judgment) Case No it-95-14/1-A (24 March 2000)
icty, Prosecutor v Blaškić (Judgment) Case No it-95-14-T (3 March 2000)
icty, Prosecutor v Blaškić (Judgment) Case No it-95-14-A (29 July 2004)
icty, Prosecutor v Blagojević and Jokić (Judgment) Case No it-02-60-T (17 January 2005)
icty, Prosecutor v Boškoski and Tarčulovski (Judgment) Case No it-04-82-T (10 July 2008)
icty, Prosecutor v Brđanin (Judgment) Case No it-99-36-T (1 September 2004)
icty, Prosecutor v Delalić et al. (Judgment) Case No it-96-21-T (16 November 1998)
icty, Prosecutor v Delalić et al. (Judgment) Case No it-96-21-A (20 February 2001)
icty, Prosecutor v Delić (Judgment) Case No it-04-83-T (15 September 2008)
icty, Prosecutor v Đorđević (Judgment) Case No it-05-87/1-T (23 February 2011)
icty, Prosecutor v Galić (Judgment) Case No it-98-29-T (5 December 2003)
icty, Prosecutor v Galić (Judgment) Case No it-98-29-A (30 November 2006)
icty, Prosecutor v Halilović (Judgment) Case No it-01-48-T (16 November 2005)
icty, Prosecutor v Haradinaj et al. (Judgment) Case No it-04-84-T (3 April 2008)
icty, Prosecutor v Haradinaj et al. (Judgment) Case No it-04-84bis-T (29 November 2012) icty, Prosecutor v Hadžihasanović et al. (Decision on interlocutory appeal challenging jurisdiction in relation to command responsibility) Case No it-01-47-ar72 (16 July 2003)
icty, Prosecutor v Hadžihasanović and Kubura (Decision on Joint Defence Interlocutory Appeal of Trial Chamber Decision on Rule 98bis Motions for Acquittal) Case No it-01-47-ar73.3 (11 March 2005)
icty, Prosecutor v Hadzihasanović and Kubura (Judgment) Case No it-01-47-T (15 March 2006)
icty, Prosecutor v Karadžić (Judgment) Case No it-95-5/18-T (24 March 2016)
icty, Prosecutor v Kordić and Čerkez (Judgment) Case No it-95-14/2-T (26 February 2001)
icty, Prosecutor v Krnojelac (Judgment) Case No it-97-25-T (15 March 2002)
icty, Prosecutor v Krnojelac (Judgment) Case No it-97-25-A (17 December 2003)
icty, Prosecutor v Kunarac et al. (Judgment) Case No it-96-23-T & it-96-23/1-T (22 February 2001)
icty, Prosecutor v Kunarac et al. (Judgment) Case No it-96-23 & it-96-23/1-A (12 June 2002)
icty, Prosecutor v Kvočka et al. (Judgment) Case No it-98-30/1-T (2 November 2001)
icty, Prosecutor v Kvočka et al. (Judgment) Case No it-98-30/1-A (28 February 2005)
icty, Prosecutor v Limaj et al. (Judgment) No. it-03-66-T (30 November 2005)
icty, Prosecutor v Martić (Judgment) Case No it-95-11-T (12 June 2007)
icty, Prosecutor v Martić (Judgment) Case No it-95-11-A (8 October 2008)
icty, Prosecutor v Milošević (Decision on monitoring for Judgment of acquittal) Case No it-02-54-T (16 June 2004)
icty, Prosecutor v Milošević (Judgment) Case No it-98-29/1-T (12 December 2007)
icty, Prosecutor v Milošević (Judgment) Case No it-98-29/1-A (12 November 2009)
icty, Prosecutor v Milutinović et al. (Judgment) Case No it-05-87-T (26 February 2009)
icty, Prosecutor v Mrkšić et al. (Judgment) Case No it-95-13/1-T (27 September 2007)
icty, Prosecutor v Mrkšić and Šljivančanin (Judgment) Case No it-95-13/1-A (5 May 2009)
icty, Prosecutor v Naletilić and Martinović (Judgment) Case No it-98-34-T (31 March 2003)
icty, Prosecutor v Orić (Judgment) Case No it-03-68-T (30 June 2006) icty, Prosecutor v Orić (Judgment) Case No it-03-68-A (3 July 2008)
icty, Prosecutor v Perišić (Judgment) Case No it-04-81-T (6 September 2011)
icty, Prosecutor v Popović et al. (Judgment) Case No it-05-88-T (10 June 2010)
icty, Prosecutor v Prlić et al. (Judgment) Case No it-04-74-T (29 May 2013)
icty, Prosecutor v Prlić et al. (Judgment) Case No it-04-74-A (29 November 2017)
icty, Prosecutor v Rajić (Review of the Indictment Pursuant to Rule 61 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence) Case No it-95-12 (13 September 1996)
icty, Prosecutor v Simić et al. (Decision on the prosecution motion under Rule 73 for a ruling concerning the testimony of a witness) Case No it-95-9-pt (27 July 1999)
icty, Prosecutor v Simić et al. (Judgment) Case No it-95-9-T (17 October 2003)
icty, Prosecutor v Šljivančanin (Review Judgment) Case No it-95-13/l-R.1 (8 December 2010)
icty, Prosecutor v Stakić (Judgment) Case No it-97-24-T (31 July 2003)
icty, Prosecutor v Stakić (Judgment) Case No it-97-24-A (22 March 2006)
icty, Prosecutor v Stanišić and Župljanin (Judgment) Case No it-08–91-T (27 March 2013)
icty, Prosecutor v Strugar (Judgment) Case No it-01-42-A (17 July 2008)
icty, Prosecutor v Tadić (Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction) Case No it-94-1-A (2 October 1995)
icty, Prosecutor v Tadić (Judgment) Case No it-94-1-T (7 May 1997)
icty, Prosecutor v Tadić (Judgment) Case No it-94-1-A (15 July 1999)
icty, Prosecutor v Tolimir (Judgment) Case No it-05-88/2-T (12 December 2012)
icty, Prosecutor v Vasiljević (Judgment) Case No it-98-32-T (29 November 2002)
Permanent Court of International Justice
pcij, The Case of the s.s. “Lotus” (France v Turkey) [1927] pcij Series A No 10
Special Court for Sierra Leone
scsl, Prosecutor v Brima et al. (Judgment) Case No scsl-04-16-T (20 June 2007)
scsl, Prosecutor v Fofana and Kondewa (Judgment) Case No scsl-04-14-T (2 August 2007)
scsl, Prosecutor v Fofana and Kondewa (Judgment) Case No scsl-04-14-A (28 May 2008)
scsl, Prosecutor v Sesay et al. (Judgment) Case No scsl-04-15-T (2 March 2009)
scsl, Prosecutor v Sesay et al. (Judgment) Case No scsl-04-15-A (26 October 2009)
scsl, Prosecutor v Taylor (Judgment) Case No scsl-03-01-T (18 May 2012)
National Case Law
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Panel, Section i for War Crimes, Case No x-kr-06/290, Judgment of 28 November 2007
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Panel of the Appellate Division, Section i for War Crimes, Case No x-kr-08/489, Judgment of 12 November 2010
Canada
Daniel Turp v Minister of Foreign Affairs (Judgment) Case No T-462-16, 2017 fc 84 (24 January 2017)
Colombia
Colombian Constitutional Court, Sentencia, Case No C-291/07 (25 April 2007)
Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Case No. 01, Hostage-taking and serious deprivation of liberty committed by the farc-ep (26 January 2021)
Germany
Bundesgerichtshof, Judgment of 27 July 2017 – 3 StR 57/17
Bundesverfassungsgericht, Beschluss vom 13. August 2013 – 2 BvR 2660/06
Bundesverfassungsgericht, Beschluss vom 13. Juli 2018 – 1 BvR 1474/12
Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof, Ermittlungsverfahren gegen Oberst Klein und Hauptfeldwebel W. wegen des Verdachts einer Strafbarkeit nach dem VStGB und anderer Delikte – Einstellung des Verfahrens gemäß § 170 Abs. 2 Satz 1 StPO, 3 bjs 6/10-4 (16 April 2010)
Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof, Drohneneinsatz vom 4. Oktober 2010 in Mir Ali/Pakistan – Verfügung des Generalbundesanwalts vom 20. Juni 2013, Case No 3 bjs 7/12-4 (23 July 2013)
Hungary
Legfelsőbb Bíróság [Hungarian Supreme Court] No x. 713/1999/3, 28 June 1999
Israel
Supreme Court sitting as Court of Criminal Appeals, A. and B. v. State of Israel, Judgment of 11 June 2008, CrimA 6659/06
Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel et al. v. goc Central Command, idf et al., Judgment of 23 June 2005, hcj 3799/02
Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice, Jaber Al-Bassiouni Ahmed and Others v Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Judgment of 30 January 2008, hcj 9132/07 Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice, Public Committee against Torture in Israel et al. v. Government of Israel et al., Judgment of 14 December 2006, hcj 769/02
Supreme Court sitting as the Hight Court of Justice, Shlomo Valero et al. v. State of Israel et al., Judgment of 6 February 2011, hcj 3103/06
Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice, Yesh Din et al v the idf Chief of Staff et al., Judgment of 30 April 2018, hcj 3003/18 and hcj 3250/18
Netherlands
Court of Appeal of the Hague, 7 July 2011, ecli:nl:ghsgr:2011:bro686, Prosecutor v Joseph M.
District Court of the Hague, 23 March 2009, ecli:nl:rbsgr:2009:bi2444, Prosecutor v Joseph M.
Philippines
Representatives Lagman v Medialdea [2017] phsc 351
South Africa
North Gauteng High Court, Pretorius et al. v The State and Others, 2010 jdr 1275, Judgment of 26 August 2010
Sweden
Stockholm District Court, Public Prosecutor (on behalf of Behram (Hussein) and ors) v Arklöf (Jackie) (Judgment) Case No B 4084-04, ildc 633 (se 2006) (18 December 2006)
Stockholm District Court, Prosecutor v Haisam Omar Sakhan (Judgment) Case No B 2259-17 (31 Mai 2017)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Al-Sirri v Secretary of State for the Home Department and dd v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] ewca Civ 1407
Haidar Ali Hussein v Secretary of State for Defence [2013] ewhc 95
Haidar Ali Hussein v Secretary of State for Defence [2014] ewca Civ 1087
Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2014] ewhc 1369 (qb)
Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2015] ewca Civ 843
United States of America
Court of Military Commission Review, United States of America v Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, 820 F.Supp.2d 1141, No. cmcr 09-001, Judgment of 9 September 2011
Court of Appeals, Al-Bihani v Obama, 590 F 3d 866 (dc Cir 2010)
Court of Appeals, NY Times Co v US Department of Justice, 756 F 3d 100 (2d Cir 2014)
Court of Appeals, United States of America v Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin, 888 F.3d 62 (4th Cir. 2018)
District Court (Southern District of Florida), United States v Noriega, 746 F. Supp. 1506 (1990)
District Court (Southern District of Florida), United States v Noriega, 808 F. Supp. 791 (1992)
District Court (Eastern District of New York), Oran Almog v Arab Bank, 471 F. Supp.2d 257 (2007)
District Court (Columbia), Falen Gherebi v Barack H. Obama, 609 F.Supp.2d 43 (2009)
Supreme Court, Hamdan v Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense et al., certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit, 548 U.S. 557 (2006)