Heidar Piri; Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi; Hadi Mahmoody
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Analogy as an applied matter does not have the same credibility in the logic and the different areas of the contemporary international law system. In international criminal law, like most domestic legal systems which interdict analogical reasoning in criminal law, according to art.22 (2) Rome Statute ...
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Analogy as an applied matter does not have the same credibility in the logic and the different areas of the contemporary international law system. In international criminal law, like most domestic legal systems which interdict analogical reasoning in criminal law, according to art.22 (2) Rome Statute of the ICC:the definition of a crime shall be strictly construed and shall not be extended by analogy. Nevertheless, in the international community as evolving, Criminal rules are not always able to accommodate all the crimes that occur.Hence,the lack of comprehensiveness of law and the emergence of new issues,as well as the use of ambiguous terms such as "other inhuman acts" in most of international criminal documents, made it inevitable to use analogy in international criminal law,not only as a useful tool in identifying applicable rules, but also as a form of interpretation.However,the authors believe that the use of analogy in international criminal proceedings does not have the power to make new crimes and imposes punishment without resorting to a valid criminal code. In addition to expressing a normative framework for analogical reasoning in international criminal law,this article analyzes the role of analogy in the decision-making processes of the international criminal courts and Tribunals
Parisa Dehghani; Mohammad-Hossein Ramazani Ghavamabadi; Mohammad Reza Alipour
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Among the many areas in which the Martens’ Clause has been raised, great attention to international criminal law is of particular importance. Because in this context, the Martens' Clause and its elements, especially the principles of humanity and public conscience, as a rational solution that stems ...
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Among the many areas in which the Martens’ Clause has been raised, great attention to international criminal law is of particular importance. Because in this context, the Martens' Clause and its elements, especially the principles of humanity and public conscience, as a rational solution that stems from the most sublime aspects of human dignity,has been manifested by an extensive interpretation in criminalizing the attack to human values, combating impunity and prosecution of perpetrators of international crimes.Additional attention to the Clause and the identification of its constituent elements, in international criminal law in theory and practice, it further reveals the high position of human beings in contemporary international law. International criminal tribunal have made effective inferences by using the capacities of the Clause and its effective role in the interpretation process, clarifying the content of the rules, blowing the spirit of innovation and the element of advancement into the international criminal law,filling gaps and eliminating the ambiguity in the international provisions, that make it possible to understand the content, and its legal functions.Therefore,the authors argue that a proper application of the Clause in international criminal jurisprudence will lead to the emergence of other principles and rules in international law.
