Chapter

International criminal responsibility in cyberspace

Kai Ambos

Research handbook on international law and cyberspace

Cheltenham ; Northampton : E. Elgar, 2015

p. 118-143

English

In this chapter Kai Ambos considers the question of whether the commission of cyber attacks can give rise to individual criminal responsibility, with particular reference to the provisions of the Rome Statute. Ambos examines the conditions by which individuals may be held criminally responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity and applies them in the cyber context. He also asks whether cyber aggression can fall within the definition of the crime of aggression under the Rome Statute and whether criminal jurisdiction can be exercised over cyber aggression.

• Research handbook on international law and cyberspace / ed. by Nicholas Tsagourias, Russell Buchan