Sammendrag
This chapter focuses on the practice of holding states and individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, referred to generally as ‘mass atrocity crimes’. The International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) has noted the separate existence of individual criminal responsibility and state responsibility as a constant feature of international law, and that they are governed by different legal régimes and pursue different aims. The purpose of this chapter is to analyse through the lens of shared responsibility the existing case law of international courts and tribunals concerning international responsibility for mass atrocity crimes, while also including a brief discussion of the crime of aggression.
This final version of this research has been published in The Practice of Shared Responsibility in International Law. © Cambridge University Press.