Jacques Verhaegen

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Jacques Verhaegen

Number of articles written: 1 article

Professor Jacques Verhaegen was Dean of the Faculty of Law at Lovanium University in Kinshasa, Zaire from 1960 to 1971. He now teaches penal law and international penal law at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. He has received several awards for his work on the law of armed conflict. Charles Rousseau said in 1970 that Dr. Verhaegen's analysis of the “law of Nuremberg” was “the most powerful and impressive critique made in the past 25 years”. Dr. Verhaegen is a member of the Belgian Red Cross commission for the dissemination of knowledge of humanitarian law.

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article IRRC No. 261

Legal obstacles to prosecution of breaches of humanitarian law author: Jacques Verhaegen

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