Non statal actors: armed groups, militias, warlords, organized criminal groups and paramilitaries. Can these groups commit international crimes under international criminal law? (editor)

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Keywords: Tribunal Internacional de Justicia Restaurativa en El Salvador , Tribunal Popular , Justicia de transición , La resistencia civil no violenta , Justicia de la comunidad International Tribunal for Restorative Justice in El Salvador , People's Court , Transitional Justice , Civil resistance Nonviolent , Community Justice Tribunal Internacional para Justiça Restaurativa em El Salvador , Tribunal do Povo , Justiça de Transição , Resistência Civil Não Violenta , Justiça Comunitária

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Mónica Rocha Herrera Universidad Iberoamericana
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The legacy of international criminal tribunals of the UN, the ICTY and the ICTR have been clear and consistent in a leading case law to respond affirmatively to those groups of individuals formed by actors 'Non-state' as armed groups, militias, lords war, paramilitary and even organized crime groups are capable of committing international crimes under international criminal law, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC has taken this legacy and today we know that, with or without the complicity of state authorities, and from the limited jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court, that these groups commit war crimes as it was established in Case Lubanga Katanga 2012 and 2014 respectively. Crimes against humanity from the decision to open an investigation into Kenya in 2010 where despite discrepancies the tribunal took the position that these organized groups, with some sort of hierarchy and capable of violating human rights can be considered 'organization' within the meaning of Article 7 of the Rome Statute. The commission of genocide by these groups in the ICC do not find it yet, but the legacy left by the ICTR and the ICTY is powerful and eloquent. (editor)
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Rocha Herrera, M. (2021). Non statal actors: armed groups, militias, warlords, organized criminal groups and paramilitaries. Can these groups commit international crimes under international criminal law? (editor). Anuario Iberoamericano De Derecho Internacional Penal, 4(4), 13–38. https://doi.org/10.12804/anidip04.01.2016.01 (Original work published March 14, 2016)
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