12/4/2023 0 Comments Definition of armed conflict given by appeals chamber of the international criminal tribunalNot long ago, the Advisory Committee on Public International Law (CAVV), a group of legal scholars that advises the Dutch government on matters of international law, published an advisory opinion that they volunteered to the government on 12 September 2022, regarding the accountability of President Putin. That, we are sure, is the case with the Dutch government. It is to be expected that many of the heads of state and government attending the Iceland summit would have received legal advice or conducted research on these questions. ![]() And, in turn, that question also drags in the related one of immunity for senior state officials-notably heads of state-for international crimes, especially in the proceedings of international tribunals. Naturally, the invasion of Ukraine comes with questions of President Vladimir Putin’s accountability for the international crime of aggression that the invasion entails. The invasion of Ukraine will be an item on the summit’s agenda. ![]() On 16 and, the Council of Europe will hold the fourth summit of their heads of state and government in Iceland. “ It can no longer be doubted that as a matter of general customary international law a head of state will personally be liable to be called to account if there is sufficient evidence that he authorised or perpetrated such serious international crimes.”
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