#Germany has taken first steps to amend its Code of Crimes against International Law #CCAIL #VStGB. Alexandra Lily Kather (EJC) warns that even though well-meaning, adding #sexual #slavery to the CCAIL catalogue will lead to impunity and protection gaps.
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/rectifying-the-coloniality-of-omission/
Rectifying the Coloniality of Omission

Β§ 13 #CCAIL (German Code of Crimes against International Law)

(1) Whoever wages a war of aggression or commits any other act of aggression [...] shall be punished with imprisonment for life.

(3) An act of aggression is the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State [...]

πŸ”— https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_vstgb/englisch_vstgb.html#p0115

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Code of Crimes against International Law (CCAIL)