International Crimes or Ordinary Crimes? The ‘Dual Classification of the Facts’ as an Interpretive Method

Maculan, Elena . (2021) International Crimes or Ordinary Crimes? The ‘Dual Classification of the Facts’ as an Interpretive Method. International Criminal Law Review 21 (2021) 403-444

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Título International Crimes or Ordinary Crimes? The ‘Dual Classification of the Facts’ as an Interpretive Method
Autor(es) Maculan, Elena
Materia(s) Derecho
Resumen Many domestic courts, when prosecuting atrocities committed in their dictatorial or warring past, have been facing a real dilemma: whether to classify the facts as ordinary crimes, foreseen by the domestic legislation prior to the facts and therefore consistent with the principles of legality and non-retroactivity, or as international crimes, which do not grant the same compatibility but allow to overcome the obstacles to prosecution imposed by statutory limitations and amnesties. The paper focuses on an interpretative method developed by several Latin American tribunals to overcome this impasse, by means of a combined application of the two criminal categories. Although this ‘dual classification of facts’ apparently solves the dilemma, it is flawed from both a methodological and substantive perspective. After scrutinising these problematic issues, the paper analyses some alternative interpretative proposals that may also allow to avoid impunity, but without impinging on fundamental principles of modern criminal law systems
Palabras clave dual classification of the facts
principle of legality
non-retroactivity
Latin-American jurisprudence
international crimes
amnesties
statutory limitations
Editor(es) Brill
Fecha 2021
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DOI - identifier 10.1163/15718123-BJA10055
Nombre de la revista International Criminal Law Review
Número de Volumen 21
Página inicial 403
Página final 444
Publicado en la Revista International Criminal Law Review 21 (2021) 403-444
Idioma eng
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Tipo de recurso Article
Derechos de acceso y licencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Notas adicionales The registered version of this article, first published in International Criminal Law Review , is available online at the publisher's website: 10.1163/15718123-BJA10055
Notas adicionales La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en International Criminal Law Review , está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: DOI 10.1163/15718123-BJA10055

 
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