Kai Ambos
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kai Ambos is a German jurist and judge. He who holds the teaching chair at the University of Göttingen in criminal law, criminal procedure, comparative law and international criminal law. He served as a judge at the District Court for Lower Saxony between 2006 and 2017. In February 2017 he was appointed to serve as a judge on the Special Tribunal for Kosovo at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He has authored and edited numerous publications on criminal law and procedure in Germany and internationally.
Kai Ambos's Published Works
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- International Criminal Procedure: 'Adversarial', 'Inquisitorial' or Mixed? (2003) (72)
- Joint Criminal Enterprise and Command Responsibility (2005) (69)
- General Principles of Criminal Law in the Rome Statute (1999) (65)
- The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2016) (56)
- Punishment Without a Sovereign? The Ius Puniendi Issue of International Criminal Law: A First Contribution Towards a Consistent Theory of International Criminal Law (2013) (55)
- The Crime of Aggression After Kampala (2011) (51)
- Building a Future on Peace and Justice (2009) (43)
- Establishing an International Criminal Court and an International Criminal Code Observations from an International Criminal Law Viewpoint (1996) (39)
- The Criminal Responsibility of Senior Political and Military Leaders as Principals to International Crimes (2009) (39)
- What does ‘intent to destroy’ in genocide mean? (2009) (36)
- Terrorists and Fair Trial: The Right to a Fair Trial for Alleged Terrorists Detained in Guantánamo Bay (2013) (36)
- The Current Law of Crimes Against Humanity: An analysis of UNTAET Regulation 15/2000 (2002) (35)
- Derecho penal del enemigo (2006) (34)
- The First Judgment of the International Criminal Court (Prosecutor v. Lubanga): A Comprehensive Analysis of the Legal Issues (2012) (34)
- Judicial Creativity at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Is There a Crime of Terrorism Under International Law? (2011) (33)
- Treatise on International Criminal Law: Volume 1: Foundations and General Part (2013) (31)
- Other Grounds for Excluding Criminal Responsibility (2002) (28)
- The Legal Framework of Transitional Justice: A Systematic Study with a Special Focus on the Role of the ICC (2009) (27)
- The Role of the Prosecutor of an International Criminal Court from a Comparative Perspective (1997) (26)
- Building a future on peace and justice: studies on transnational justice, peace and development, the Nuremberg Declaration on peace and Justice (2009) (24)
- Prosecuting international crimes at the International Criminal Court: is there a coherent and comprehensive prosecution strategy? (2012) (23)
- The International Criminal Court and the Traditional Principles of International Cooperation in Criminal Matters (2000) (22)
- The Right of Non-Self-Incrimination of Witnesses Before the ICC (2002) (21)
- The Fujimori Judgment A President’s Responsibility for Crimes Against Humanity as Indirect Perpetrator by Virtue of an Organized Power Apparatus (2011) (20)
- Critical Issues in the Bemba Confirmation Decision (2009) (20)
- Remarks on the General Part of International Criminal Law (2006) (19)
- Building a Future on Peace and Justice: The International Criminal Court (2009) (18)
- Treatise on International Criminal Law (2013) (17)
- Is the Development of a Common Substantive Criminal Law for Europe Possible? Some Preliminary Reflections (2005) (15)
- May a State Torture Suspects to Save the Life of Innocents (2008) (15)
- The Status, Role and Accountability of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: A Comparative Overview on the Basis of 33 National Reports (2000) (13)
- ‘Witness Proofing’ before the International Criminal Court: A Reply to Karemaker, Taylor, and Pittman (2008) (13)
- Crimes Against Humanity and the International Criminal Court (2011) (13)
- Article 25: Individual Criminal Responsibility (2011) (13)
- The Colombian Peace Process and the Principle of Complementarity of the International Criminal Court (2010) (12)
- The Crime of Genocide and the Principle of Legality under Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights (2016) (11)
- The Colombian Peace Process and the Principle of Complementarity of the International Criminal Court: An Inductive, Situation-based Approach (2010) (11)
- Prosecuting International Crimes at the National and International Level: Between Justice and Realpolitik (2007) (11)
- Amicus Curiae Brief in the Matter of the Co-Prosecutors’ Appeal of the Closing Order Against Kaing Guek Eav “Duch” Dated 8 August 2008 (2009) (11)
- Prosecuting Guantánamo in Europe: Can and Shall the Masterminds of the 'Torture Memos' Be Held Criminally Responsible on the Basis of Universal Jurisdiction? (2010) (10)
- Structure and Function of the Confirmation Procedure Before the ICC from a Comparative Perspective (2007) (10)
- Impunity and International Criminal Law: A Case Study on Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina (1997) (10)
- The Overall Function of International Criminal Law: Striking the Right Balance Between the Rechtsgut and the Harm Principles (2013) (10)
- Article 7. Crimes against humanity (2016) (9)
- International Core Crimes, Universal Jurisdiction and § 153f of the German Criminal Procedure Code: a Commentary on the Decisions of the Federal Prosecutor General and the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court in the Abu Ghraib/Rumsfeld Case (2007) (9)
- Confidential Investigations (Article 54(3)(E) ICC Statute) vs. Disclosure Obligations: The Lubanga Case And National Law (2009) (9)
- On the Rationale of Punishment at the Domestic and International Level (2002) (9)
- Judicial Accountability of Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations and the Role of Victims (2000) (9)
- New Approaches in International Criminal Justice: Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone and Cambodia (2003) (8)
- Command Responsibility and Organisationsherrschaft: Ways of Attributing International Crimes to the ‘Most Responsible’ (2009) (8)
- Expanding the Focus of the ‘African Criminal Court’ (2012) (8)
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court : a commentary (2016) (8)
- The Transnational Use of Torture Evidence (2009) (8)
- Individual Criminal Responsibility (2015) (7)
- Defences in international criminal law (2011) (7)
- International Criminal Law at the Crossroads: From Ad Hoc Imposition to a Treaty Based Universal System (2011) (7)
- Genocide (Article 28B), Crimes Against Humanity (Article 28C), War Crimes (Article 28D) and the Crime of Aggression (Article 28M) (2017) (7)
- Has ‘Justice Been Done’? The Legality of Bin Laden’s Killing Under International Law (2012) (7)
- Some Preliminary Reflections on the Mens Rea Requirements of the Crimes of the ICC Statute and of the Elements of Crimes (2003) (6)
- The Legal Framework of Transitional Justice (2009) (6)
- Individual criminal responsibility in International Criminal Law: a jurisprudential analysis - from Nuremberg to The Hague (2000) (6)
- German Research on International Criminal Law (2008) (6)
- 'Witness Proofing' Before the ICC: Neither Legally Admissible Nor Necessary (2009) (6)
- The Structure of International Criminal Procedure: ‘Adversarial’, ‘Inquisitorial’ or Mixed? (2011) (6)
- European Criminal Law (2018) (6)
- Toward a Universal System of Crime: Comments on George Fletcher's Grammar of Criminal Law (Dogmática Jurídico-Penal y Concepto Universal de hecho Punible) (2010) (5)
- International Economic Criminal Law (2018) (5)
- Charles Taylor’s Criminal Responsibility (2013) (5)
- Criminologically Explained Reality of Genocide, Structure of the Offense and the 'Intent to Destroy' Requirement (2011) (5)
- Power and Prosecution (2012) (4)
- A Workshop, a Symposium and the Katanga Trial Judgment of 7 March 2014 (2014) (4)
- The Overall Function of International Criminal Law: Striking the Right Balance Between the Rechtsgut and the Harm Principles (2013) (4)
- Terrorism and customary international law (2014) (4)
- The ICC and Common Purpose: What Contribution is Required Under Article 25(3)(d)? (2015) (4)
- Attempts at drug control in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia (1996) (3)
- International Criminal Law Has Lost Its Innocence (2002) (3)
- The Colombian Peace Process (Law 975 of 2005) and the ICC’s Principle of Complementarity (2010) (3)
- Current Issues in International Criminal Law (2003) (3)
- Brexit and the European Criminal Justice System – An Introduction (2017) (3)
- Foundations and general part (2013) (3)
- Thematic Investigations and Prosecution of International Sex Crimes: Some Critical Comments from a Theoretical and Comparative Perspective (2012) (3)
- Individual Criminal Responsibility for Cyber Aggression (2016) (2)
- Dogmática jurídico-penal y concepto universal de hecho punible (Toward a Universal System of Crime: Comments on George Fletcher's Grammar of Criminal Law) (2008) (2)
- Selected Issues Regarding the Core Crimes’ in International Criminal Law (2004) (2)
- Office of the Prosecutor: Policy Paper on Case Selection and Prioritisation (Int'l Crim. Ct.) (2018) (2)
- National Socialist Criminal Law (2019) (2)
- The Greens and the West-German Federal Election of 1987: The New ‘Third Party’? (1988) (2)
- Comments on the Model Penal Code and European Criminal Law (2012) (2)
- Prosecuting international crimes at the International Criminal Court: is there a coherent and comprehensive prosecution strategy? (2013) (2)
- International criminal responsibility in cyberspace (2015) (2)
- Chapter 31. "Witness Proofing" Before The ICC: Neither Legally Admissible Nor Necessary (2009) (1)
- The German Public Prosecutor as (no) judicial authority within the meaning of the European Arrest Warrant: A case note on the CJEU’s judgment in OG (C-508/18) and PI (C 82/19 PPU) (2019) (1)
- “Freiburg Lawyers’ Declaration” of 10 February 2003 – On German Participation In A War Against Iraq (2003) (1)
- International Criminal Law and International Criminal Justice (2018) (1)
- Message from Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for the Meeting on “Building a Future on Peace and Justice” (2009) (1)
- The ECCC’s Contribution to Substantive ICL (2020) (1)
- Preliminary Considerations: The Object of Reference of the Complementarity Test (Situation–Case–Conduct) (2010) (1)
- The German Rwabukombe Case The Federal Court’s Interpretation of Co-perpetration and the Genocidal Intent to Destroy (2016) (1)
- Sexual Offences in International Criminal Law, with a Special Focus on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2012) (1)
- The ECCC’s Contribution to Substantive ICL: The Notion of ‘Civilian Population’ in the Context of Crimes Against Humanity (2020) (1)
- Amicus Curiae Brief Submitted to the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on the Question of the Applicable Terrorism Offence with a Particular Focus on “Special” Special Intent and/or a Special Motive as Additional Subjective Requirements (2011) (1)
- The First Confirmation Decision of the International Criminal Court: Prosecutor V. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (2010) (1)
- The Power of national Courts to Compel the Production of Evidence and its Limits (1998) (1)
- Corporate Complicity in International Crimes through Arms Supplies despite National Authorisations? (2021) (1)
- S'agissant du génocide, qu’entend-on par « intention de détruire » ? (2009) (0)
- Has ‘Justice Been Done’? The Legality of Bin Laden's Killing Under International Law (2012) (0)
- Book Review (2012) (0)
- The Power of National Courts to Compel the Production of Evidence and its Limits. An Amicus Curiae Brief to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. (1998) (0)
- Chapter I. Preliminary Remarks (2019) (0)
- Introduction: Human Rights Compliance and Corporate Criminal Liability (2018) (0)
- Preface to the Special Symposium in Honour of Professor Otto Triffterer’s 80th Birthday (2011) (0)
- Car Bombs and International Humanitarian Law (2021) (0)
- Estado y futuro del Derecho Penal Comparado = State and the future of Comparative Criminal Law (2018) (0)
- Brexit y derecho penal europeo (2017) (0)
- §§ 3-7 StGB (2003) (0)
- Defences in International Criminal LawExceptions in International Law? (2020) (0)
- Review Essay: Liberal Criminal Theory (2017) (0)
- Transitional Justice in Colombia (2021) (0)
- Prosecuting international crimes at the International Criminal Court: is there a coherent and comprehensive prosecution strategy? (2013) (0)
- Ius Puniendi and Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Criminal Law (2016) (0)
- Aspectos problemáticos da decisão de confirmação de acusaçães da Corte Penal Internacional no Caso Bemba / Problematic aspects of the confirmation of charges decision of the International Criminal Court in Bemba Case (2011) (0)
- Individual Liability for Macrocriminality (2014) (0)
- Prosecuting international crimes at the International Criminal Court: is there a coherent and comprehensive prosecution strategy? (2012) (0)
- Brexit and the European Criminal Justice System – An Introduction (2017) (0)
- Book Review (2017) (0)
- Nazi Criminology: Continuity and Radicalisation (2020) (0)
- The Economics of Crime and the Deterrence of International Crimes: A comment on David Sutter (2006) (0)
- Deceased Persons as Protected Persons Within the Meaning of International Humanitarian Law (2018) (0)
- Complicity through daily actions or externally neutral (2013) (0)
- Command Responsibility and the Colombian Peace Process (2021) (0)
- Amicus Curiae Brief on the Question of the Applicable Terrorism Offence with a Particular Focus on a 'Special' Special Intent and/or a Special Motive as Additional Subjective Requirements (2011) (0)
- The crimes and sentencing (2014) (0)
- Eichmann in Jerusalem - 50 years after : an interdisciplinary approach (2012) (0)
- The Role of the Prosecutor (2002) (0)
- Chapter II. The Foundations of National Socialist Criminal Law (2019) (0)
- Some Recommendations for the Further Application of Law 975 (2010) (0)
- Preface by the Symposium Editors (2017) (0)
- International Courts and Their Judges: Book Review (2012) (0)
- Pouvoir Et Poursuite (Power and Prosecution) (2012) (0)
- Ius puniendi and Constitution: A Comparative (Canadian-German) Perspective (2020) (0)
- Chapter VI. Erik Wolf: From Perpetrator Types to an Attitudinal Theory of Agency (2019) (0)
- Caso Vasiliauskas contra Lituania (2016) (0)
- The International Criminal Court and Complementarity: The Colombian peace process (Law 975 of 2005) and the ICC’s principle of complementarity (2011) (0)
- Gravity and Complementarity Stricto Sensu (2010) (0)
- European Criminal Law and Brexit (2018) (0)
- Power and Prosecution - Challenges and opportunities for international criminal justice in Sub-Saharan Africa (2012) (0)
- 24 Possession as a Criminal Offence and the Function of the Mental Element: Reflections from a Comparative Perspective (2015) (0)
- Chapter III. Continuity and the “Schulenstreit” (“Dispute between the Schools”) (?) (2019) (0)
- Chapter V. The Independent National Socialist Criminal Law of the Kiel School (2019) (0)
- Preface by the Symposium Editors (2017) (0)
- CURRENT ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW Reviewing : (2004) (0)
- Review Essay: Liberal Criminal Theory (2017) (0)
- Book Review (2018) (0)
- Intime conviction’ in Germany: Conceptual Foundations, Historical Development and Current Meaning (2023) (0)
- Chapter VII. Some (preliminary) conclusions (2019) (0)
- Preface of the New Editor-in-Chief (2016) (0)
- Power and Prosecution - Pouvoir et Poursuite (2012) (0)
- Opening Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier (slightly abridged) (2009) (0)
- Latin American and International Criminal Law: Introduction and General Overview (2010) (0)
- "Joint criminal enterprise" y la responsabilidad del superior (2007) (0)
- Preface to the special issue „From Academia and Practice: Transnational Evidence- Gathering – Comments on the Green Paper of the EU Commission” (2010) (0)
- Brexit and European Criminal Law (2017) (0)
- Article 76. Sentencing (2015) (0)
- Book Review (2017) (0)
- Index of Persons (selected) (2019) (0)
- Book Review (2012) (0)
- Modes of Participation (2013) (0)
- BOOKS RECEIVED (2020) (0)
- Book Review (2020) (0)
- Book Review (2021) (0)
- Book Review (2020) (0)
- International Criminal Proceedings (2003) (0)
- Introduction: Human Rights Compliance and Corporate Criminal Liability (2018) (0)
- Conclusion: Classifying the Colombian Case with a View to Different Transitional Justice Scenarios (2010) (0)
- International Economic Criminal Law (2018) (0)
- C-486/14 – Kossowski (2019) (0)
- Solid jurisdictional basis (2021) (0)
- Assessing the Efficiency of Transitional Justice (2015) (0)
- Book Review (2018) (0)
- Not Much, but Better than Nothing – Purposes of Punishment in International Criminal Law (2020) (0)
- Chapter IV. National Socialist Criminal Law and Neo-Kantianism (2019) (0)
- HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS (2007) (0)
- Estado y futuro del derecho penal comparado (2019) (0)
- International Cooperation in Criminal Matters (2008) (0)
- Preface of the New Editor-in-Chief (2016) (0)
- Observations on the French Theory of Crime from a German Perspective (2008) (0)
- Visions of Justice. Liber Amicorum Mirjan Damaška. (2016) (0)
- Legal Brief on the Question of the Existence of the Context Element of Crimes against Humanity with Regard to the Events in Chile between 17 and 28 October 2019 as Described in the Acusación Constitucional of 30 October 2019 (2019) (0)
- Judgment of International Crimes at National and International Level: Between Justice and Realpolitik (Cnjuiciamiento de Crímenes Internacionales en el Nivel Nacional e Internacional: Entre Justicia y Realpolitik (2010) (0)
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