Kai Ambos
About/Bio
Kai Ambos is a Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law, International Criminal Law, and Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of Georg-August-University Göttingen (GAU) (Germany). He also serves as Judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, The Hague. He is also the Director General of the Center for Studies of Latin American Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law (CEDPAL) at the University of Göttingen, Germany. He writes in his academic capacity.
Recently Published
Prosecution of Former Nazi Camp Guards: About Restoring Society’s Trust in Law and Participation in a Criminal Enterprise
May 20, 2013
Kai Ambos
The recent debate in Germany about the prosecution of former Nazi concentration camp guards – all about 90 years old – and the detention of one on 6 May near Stuttgart reminds us of the controversy about the trial against John Demjanjuk in the district court (Landgericht) of Munich in 2011. The controversy is by…
ICC OTP Report on the Situation in Colombia – A critical analysis
February 1, 2013
Kai Ambos
Professor Kai Ambos is Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany and Judge at the Provincial Court (Landgericht) of Lower Saxony in Göttingen Preliminary Remarks On 14 November 2012 the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
Diplomatic Asylum for Julian Assange?
September 11, 2012
Kai Ambos
Professor Kai Ambos is Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany (since May 2003) and Judge at the Provincial Court (Landgericht) of Lower Saxony in Göttingen Julian Assange’s medal-worthy self-staging as a militant for worldwide freedom of opinion has diverted attention away…
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Popular articles by Kai Ambos
Will a state supplying weapons to Ukraine become a party to the conflict and thus be exposed to countermeasures?
March 2, 2022
Kai Ambos
According to the time-honoured law of neutrality, the territory of neutral powers is “inviolable” (Art. 1 Hague “Convention (V) respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land, October 18, 1907). Parties to a conflict may therefore not use it in any conflict-related manner, e.g. to transport war material (…
Protecting the Environment through International Criminal Law?
June 29, 2021
Kai Ambos
The recent proposal by the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide (IEP) to create a core international crime of ecocide displays great confidence in the regulatory potential of criminal law, but the proposal lacks sufficient reasoning and the drafters offer practitioners little help with the intricate problems arising from their draft definition.
Palestine, UN Non-Member Observer Status and ICC Jurisdiction
May 6, 2014
Kai Ambos
On 22 January 2009, the Palestinian Minister of Justice, on behalf of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), lodged a declaration recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (pictured left) ‘for the purpose of identifying, prosecuting and judging the authors and accomplices of acts committed on the territory of Palestine since 1 July 2002.’ On…