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Mar 2025
34m 42s

Immunities and the Crime of Aggression -...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Tom Dannenbaum, Associate Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, examines approaches to addressing the crime of aggression within a normatively coherent framework of immunities and international crimes. He particularly focuses on the legal and normative considerations on the establishment of a Special Trib ... Show More
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