Citation

Müller LK. Ratio Juris 2019; 32(3): 301-319.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/raju.12253

PMID

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Abstract

What can international courts say when criminals ask, by what right do you try me? Some authors attempt to draw a connection between humanity's responsibility to call offenders to account and the harm humanity has suffered as a consequence of the offender's crimes. Others have argued that there need not be a special connection between those calling to account and the offenders, as the right to punish offenders is a general right each and every person has. Both lines of argument are ultimately unconvincing. Instead, I argue for a modified version of the second position which proposes a democratically based theory of responsibility for punishment held by international criminal law institutions.

Language: en