Conscription to Fight a War of Aggression under International Criminal Law

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dc.contributor.authorBoister, Neil
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-18T00:27:21Z
dc.date.available2023-08-18T00:27:21Z
dc.date.issued2023en
dc.date.updated2023-07-20T02:54:30Z
dc.description.abstractThe criminalisation of the unlawful use of force in international relations is not usually linked to conscription of an army to fight such a war. However, historical precedent in the Nuremberg and Tokyo International Military Tribunals established that conscription was part of the common plan to wage a war of aggression. After a brief history of conscription and its justifications, this article examines that precedent and then analyses how it could be put to use in a prosecution of the crime of aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Finally, it argues that there is a normative case for the inclusion of conscription within the scope of the crime of aggression because of the harm done to both the conscripts and the state and people of the place they invade.
dc.identifier.citationBoister N Conscription to Fight a War of Aggression under International Criminal Law. Journal of International Criminal Justice.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqad016
dc.identifier.issn1478-1387
dc.identifier.issn1478-1395
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/105984
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Press (OUP)en
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.anzsrc48 - Law and legal studies::4803 - International and comparative law::480306 - International criminal law
dc.titleConscription to Fight a War of Aggression under International Criminal Lawen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Law
uc.departmentFaculty of Law
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