Author: Heybatollah Najandimanesh

[Heybatollah Najandimanesh, Associate prof. of International Law, Allameh Tabataba'i  Univeristy, Tehran, Iran] Contemporary armed conflicts increasingly target not only civilians and civilian infrastructure, but also the institutional foundations through which societies preserve, produce, and transmit knowledge. The destruction of centres of learning during war is not a new phenomenon. From the burning of the ancient Library of Alexandria, to the devastation...

[Heybatollah Najandimanesh is an associate professor of international law at Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran] Introduction   The incorporation of international crimes into domestic legislation marks a pivotal stage in the development of international criminal law (ICL). Iran’s proposed Iran’s Draft Bill on International Crimes (IDBIC) seeks to criminalise genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression within its national legal framework. This initiative...