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Joint Criminal Enterprise Doctrine in International Criminal Tribunals

Quick fact

The joint criminal enterprise doctrine was first articulated in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the 1999 Tadić case, and it has since been used to convict high-level political and military leaders for their role in collective atrocities, even when they did not personally commit the crime.

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Can a person be convicted of war crimes simply for being part of a group that planned a crime, even if they never pulled a trigger? The answer lies in a legal doctrine that has reshaped international justice.