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The International Criminal Court and “Internationally Recognized Human Rights”: Understanding Article 21(3) of the Rome Statute

Daniel Sheppard

January 01, 2010

“The International Criminal Court and “Internationally Recognized Human Rights”: Understanding Article 21(3) of the Rome Statute”, (2010) 10(1) International Criminal Law Review 43.

In this article, Dan Sheppard discusses the International Criminal Court’s obligation to interpret and apply its law in accordance with “internationally recognized human rights”, and what a principled framework for the operation of international human rights within that law would look like.