Functional Immunity for Crimes under International Law before Domestic Courts: A Way out of the Impasse
Location:
Lecture Theatre 1.264, Edinburgh Law School
Old College, EH8 9YL
Date/time
Wed 6 March 2019
17:30 - 19:00
The Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law presents:
Functional Immunity for Crimes under International Law before Domestic Courts: A Way out of the Impasse
Speaker: Professor Claus Kress, Chair of German and International Criminal Law, University of Cologne
About the Speaker
Claus Kreß is a Professor of International Law and Criminal Law. He holds the Chair for German and International Criminal Law and he is the Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne. His prior practice was in the German Federal Ministry of Justice on matters of criminal law and international law. In addition to scholarly work on the law on the use of force, the law of armed conflicts and international criminal law, he has been a member of Germany’s delegations in the negotiations regarding the International Criminal Court since 1998. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall College at the University of Cambridge, a Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Northrhine-Westfalia, and the recipient of the 2014 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award.
This event is free, open to all and no registration is required.