In Part II of ‘Defining ‘Attacks’: Some Reflections on the Ntaganda Case’, Abhijeet Shrivastava analyses the teleological reading employed by Judge Eboe-Osuji, Judge Bossa, and Judge Carranza concerning whether the facts of pillaging and ransacking amount to an "attack" under Article 8(2)(e)(iv) of the Rome Statute. He presents his conclusions and also looks into the potential scrutiny surrounding Judge Eboe-Osuji’s decision which seemingly broadens Article 8(2)(e)(iv).
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