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- Title
Deceased Persons as Protected Persons Within the Meaning of International Humanitarian Law: German Federal Supreme Court Judgment of 27 July 2017.
- Authors
Ambos, Kai
- Abstract
The article offers information on the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court case referring to an incident where the defendant, with other members of his group, detained two Syrian soldiers, beheaded them and impaled the severed heads on metal poles to publicly expose and ridicule them. Topics include conviction and sentence on the German Code of Crimes against International Law; and issues of case whether a person to be protected under international humanitarian law.
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL law; HUMANITARIAN law; DEFENDANTS; CRIMINAL justice system; GERMANY. Reichsarbeitsgericht
- Publication
Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 5, p1105
- ISSN
1478-1387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jicj/mqy061