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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