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The legal nature of the International Criminal Court and the emergence of supranational elements in international criminal justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2010

Sascha Rolf Lüder
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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 84 , Issue 845: Impunité/Impunity , March 2002 , pp. 79 - 92
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2002

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