International Criminal Law

See also the research guides on International law and European law. For Dutch criminal law, refer to the guide Strafrecht.

Databases

Annotated Leading Cases
Full-text of and comments on the most important decisions of the ICTY, ICTR, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the International Criminal Tribunal for Timor-Leste and the ICC by distinguished experts in the field of international criminal law.
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
Online edition of the encyclopaedia with peer-reviewed (1,700) articles on every aspect of public international law (history of public international law, criminal law, human rights law, economic law, and environmental law). Browse by subject. Oxford Law Citator available.
Nexis Uni
Database contains international law reviews and journals, case law, legal news, statutes and legislation, administrative codes and regulations, directories. See also the topic Criminal Justice.
Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law (ICL)
Case summaries and indexes of leading international criminal law cases, together with the decisions themselves. As part of the Oxford Reports on International Law, ICL covers the main international tribunals: the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. It also includes decisions from post-World War II military tribunals.

Journals

See also the additional list of journals under Criminal law. More information on finding articles and journals can be found in the guide Legal literature - articles and journals.

(Text)books

The Cambridge companion to European criminal law / ed. by K. Ambos, P. Rackow (2023)
Comparative concepts of criminal law / ed. by J. Keiler, D. Roef (3rd ed. 2019)
The Elgar companion to the International Criminal Court / / edited by Margaret M. deGuzman, Valerie Oosterveld (2020)
EU criminal law / V. Mitsilegas (2nd ed. 2022)
European criminal law: an integrative approach / A. Klip (4th ed. 2021)
Human rights and international criminal law / edited by Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan (2022)
International and Transnational Criminal Law - e-books in Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law
The International Criminal Court in its third decade: reflecting on law and practices / ed. by C. Stahn, R. Braga da Silva (2023)
International Criminal Justice Series
International criminal tribunals and domestic accountability: in the court's shadow / P.I. Labuda (2023)
An introduction to international criminal law and procedure / D. Robinson, S. Vasiliev, E. van Sliedregt, V. Oosterveld (5th ed. 2024)
An introduction to transnational criminal law / N. Boister (2nd ed. 2018)
The law and practice of extradition / H. van der Wilt (2022)
Research handbook on transitional justice / ed. C. Lawther, L. Moffett (2nd ed. 2023)
The Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court: analysis of the Statute, the rules of procedure and evidence, the regulations of the Court and supplementary instruments / by G.M. Pikis (2010)
Treatise on international criminal law: Volume 1: Foundations and general part; Volume II: The crimes and sentencing; Volume III: International Criminal Procedure / K. Ambos (2014-2021)

For instructions on finding books, see the guide Legal literature - Books. Books on international criminal law can be found in the library at call numbers EH and P.24 and P.43. Check the floor plan.

Commentaries

The Genocide Convention : article-by-article commentary / by Ch.J. Tams, L. Berster and B. Schiffbauer (2nd ed. 2024)
The International criminal court: a commentary on the Rome statute / W.A. Schabas (2nd ed. 2016)
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: article-by-article commentary / edited by K. Ambos (4th ed. 2022)
The Statute of the International Court of Justice : a commentary / ed. by A. Zimmermann, C.J. Tams, K. Oellers-Frahm, C. Tomuschat (3rd ed. 2019)

Encyclopedias

Elgar Encyclopedia of crime and criminal justice / ed. by P. Caeiro, S. Gless and V. Mitsilegas (2024)
Encyclopedia of transitional justice / L. Stan (2023)

Case Law

Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law (ICL)
Westlaw - International Administrative Materials: Multi-National (ICJ), Iran, Rwanda, Yugoslavia

See also the websites of the tribunals for case law:

See also the Case law guide for instructions on finding case law.

Legislation and treaties, Official documents

Criminal Codes - OSCE/ODIHR database with translated legislation (Please note: some texts may be outdated)
Criminal Justice - European Commission
ECLAN - European Criminal Academic Network
Materials on European criminal law / ed. André Klip (4th ed. 2022)
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
United Nations Treaty Collection
Westlaw - ICTY Basic Documents (INT-ICTY-BLD)

See also the guides for Legislation and treaties and Official documents for more information on finding these document types.