Jo Martin Stigen

• Lingaas, Carola; Gaaseby, Anette & Stigen, Jo Martin (2025). Norway. In Yanev, Lachezar & Wilt, Harmen van der (Ed.), Universal Jurisdiction over Core International Crimes. Law & Practice. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781803929125. p. 409–438. doi: https:/www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/universal-jurisdiction-over-core-international-crimes-9781803929125.html?srsltid=AfmBOorxbtzR2fbb01g5sN3z1gAGbzH4oCXTwBTPQWpn4ZQz9P1brbnI. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Norwegian legislation has stipulated the principle of universal jurisdiction for more than a century, but there is no jurisprudence on universal jurisdiction of core international crimes. Nonetheless, Norway is committed to universal jurisdiction as a well-established, yet subsidiary, principle to ensure accountability, provide redress for victims and limit impunity. The present chapter examines how the Norwegian Penal Code defines the scope of universal jurisdiction. This is followed by a detailed compatibility analysis that shows how the Rome Statute served as a template. Where customary international law goes further, the legislator follows it, which is particularly noticeable in the criminalization of war crimes committed in NIACs. By criminalizing conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, the Penal Code goes beyond the Rome Statute and customary international law. The chapter discusses two cases before the Supreme Court that provide insights into the universality principle and international criminal law. In conclusion, Norway is committed to not providing loopholes for perpetrators of international crimes, but is still lagging behind in jurisprudence.

• Stigen, Jo Martin (2011). Lokalisering av straffbare handlinger :. Tidsskrift for strafferett. ISSN 1502-685X. 11(2), p. 141–190. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). Hvilken immunitet for internasjonale kjerneforbrytelser? Retfærd: Nordic Journal of Law and Justice. ISSN 0105-1121. 33(1 = 128), p. 57–94. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). Forsettets nedre grense – dolus eventualis eller hva? Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. ISSN 0040-7143. 4-5, p. 573–676. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). Which immunity for human rights atrocities? In Eboe-Osuji, Chile (Eds.), Protecting Humanity: Essays in International Law and Policy in Honour of Navanethem Pillay. Brill | Nijhoff. ISSN 9789004183780. p. 749–788. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). What's in the ICC for states. In Eriksen, Christoffer Conrad & Emberland, Marius (Ed.), The new international law : an anthology. Brill | Nijhoff. ISSN 9789004181984. p. 183–199. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin & Fauchald, Ole Kristian (2009). Environmental Security and the UN Security Council. In Bailliet, Cecilia Marcela (Eds.), Security: A Multidisciplinary Normative Approach. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004172968. p. 313–342. Full text in Research Archive
• Fauchald, Ole Kristian & Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). Corporate Responsibility before International Institutions. The George Washington International Law Review. ISSN 1534-9977. 40(4), p. 1025–1100. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). Universaljurisdiksjon - en kritisk analyse. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. ISSN 0040-7143. 22(1), p. 1–46. Full text in Research Archive

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• Baumann, Elizabeth & Stigen, Jo Martin (2018). Internasjonal strafferett. En innføring. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. ISBN 9788205473621. 368 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). The Relationship Between the International Criminal Court and National Jurisdictions: the Principle of Complementarity. Brill | Nijhoff. ISBN 9789004169098. 533 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Stigen, Jo Martin (2022). Idrett og straff. In Kjenner, Gunnar Martin & Johnsen, Morten Justad (Ed.), Idrett og juss. 5. utgave. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215041285. p. 146–211. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2021). Feiltreff - forsøk, fullbyrdet eller begge deler? Tidsskrift for strafferett. ISSN 1502-685X. 2021(4), p. 374–385. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.0809-9537-2021-04-04. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2017). International election observation: Promoting human rightsbased governance. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 35(4), p. 307–310. doi: 10.1080/18918131.2017.1401871. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2013). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 31(1), p. 01–02. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2012). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 30(2), p. 2–3. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2012). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 30(1), p. 2–3. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2011). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 29(3), p. 3–4. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2011). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 29(2), p. 3–4. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2011). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 29(1), p. 3–4. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2011). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 29(4), p. 3–4. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2011). The admissibility procedures. In Stahn, Carsten & Zeidy, Mohamed M. El (Ed.), The International Criminal Court and Complementarity, From Theory to Practice. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781107011588. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781316134115.025. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 28(3), p. 3–3. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 28(4), p. 3–4. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). Editorial Note. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 28(1), p. 2–3. Full text in Research Archive
• Andreassen, Bård A. & Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1891-8131. 28(2), p. 3–4. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2010). The Relationship between the Principle of Complementarity and the Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction for Core International Crimes. In Bergsmo, Morten (Eds.), Complementarity and the Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction for Core International Crimes. Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher. ISSN 9788293081142. p. 133–159. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). Kan leve fritt i alle sine dager. [Internet]. Nettavisen. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). Intervju: Utlevering fra Jemen er urealistisk (NRK Kveldsnytt 12.2). [TV]. NRK 1. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). Ethnic challenges in the aftermath of atrocities. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). Krigsforbrytelser og universell jurisdiksjon. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). Straffeforfølgning av grove menneskerettighetskrenkelser: forbrytelsene, jurisdiksjon, immunitet og skyldspørsmål. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). The Relationship between the Principle of Complementarity and the Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction for Core International Crimes. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2009). Kriminelle flyktninger - asyl eller utvisning? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Post Conflict Peace Buiding. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Norsk asylpolitikk - folkerettslig og moralsk ansvar. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Hvordan skal internasjonale forbrytelser straffes? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Straffeforfølgning av krigsforbrytere - fra Nürnberg til Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Mullah Krekar og den nye utlendingsloven. [Journal]. Bergens Tidende. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Sudans president tiltalt ved ICC. [Radio]. NRK P2. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Londondrapet - utlevering. [Internet]. TV2. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Utlevering - generelle spørsmål. [Journal]. dagens næringsliv. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin & Fauchald, Ole Kristian (2008). Litigating Corporations Before International Institutions. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Londondrapet - spørsmålet om utlevering. [Internet]. Nettavisen. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin & Fauchald, Ole Kristian (2008). Environmental Security and the UN Security Council. Full text in Research Archive
• Fauchald, Ole Kristian & Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Corporate responsibility under international law. Full text in Research Archive
• Fauchald, Ole Kristian & Stigen, Jo Martin (2008). Environmental security. The powers of the UN Security Council. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2007). Transitional justice - prosecution or amnesties? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2007). Internasjonal strafferett fra Nürnberg til ICC. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2007). Why do states join the International Criminal Court? Full text in Research Archive
• Fauchald, Ole Kristian & Stigen, Jo Martin (2007). Traktatenes tvang. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2007). What's in the ICC for states? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2006). Straffeforfølgning av internasjonale forbrytelser. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2006). Humanitarian law; how and where can war criminals be prosecuted? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2006). Sanger fra Rwanda straffeforfølges for folkemord. [Radio]. NRK, Midt i musikken. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2006). Får Saddam Hussein en upartisk rettssak? [Radio]. NRK, Dagsnytt (17.30-nyhetene). Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2006). Utviklingen i Nord-Uganda. [Radio]. NRK Dagsnytt. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2006). Utviklingen i rettssaken mot Saddam Hussein. [Radio]. NRK, Dagsnytt 18. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Ikke folkemord i Darfur? Hvordan straffeforfølge?". [Radio]. NRK Dagsnytt 18. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Oppholder det seg folkemordmistenkte i Norge?". [Radio]. NRK Dagsnytt 18. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Saddam-saken utsatt". [Radio]. NRK Dagsnytt. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Retssaken mot Saddam Hussein - blir den rettferdig?". [TV]. NRK Dagsrevyen (19.00). Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Rettssaken mot Saddam Hussein". [TV]. TV2 21-nyhetene. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Utviklingen i NOKAS-saken". [Radio]. NRK Dagsnytt 08.00. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Bevisføringen i NOKAS-saken". [Radio]. NRK Rogaland. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "NOKAS-saken; strafferettslige beviskrav (culpa levissima).". [Radio]. NRK Her og nå. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "NKOAS-saken; blir den utsatt?". [Radio]. NRK Dagsnytt 16.30. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Hvor skal fremtidens folkemord straffes?". Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Internasjonal strafferett - aktuelt i Norge?". Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Innføring i internasjonal strafferett". Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). "Amnesti eller straffeforfølhgning etter konflikt?". Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Djevelens advokater - forsvaret av Sadam Hussein. [Journal]. Dagbladet. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Norsk straffelov får folkemord og krigsforbrytelse-bestemmelser. [Radio]. Dagsnytt 18. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Muslimsk hodeplagg forbudt i Tyrkia. [Radio]. 07.00-nyhetene. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Hvorfor krever det internsajonale samfunn straffeforfølgning av grove menneskerettighetskrenkelser? [Radio]. Søndagsavisen. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). USAs straffeforfølgning av sine krigsforbrytere. [Radio]. 16.30-nyhetene. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Begår amerikanske soldater krigsforbrytelser i Irak? [Radio]. Søndagsavisen. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Krigsforbrytelser i Irak? [Radio]. 16.30-nyhetene. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Blir rettssaken mot Saddam Hussein rettferdig? [TV]. Dagsrevyen, NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Fangebehandlingen i Abu Ghrail, Irak. [Radio]. Dagsnytt 18. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). National and international level of prosecution. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Internasjonal strafferett - innføring. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Forholdet mellom nasjonal og internasjonal straffeforfølgning. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Justice or peace in the aftermath of human rights atrocities? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Developments in international criminal law. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Hvilken betydning har internasjonal strafferett for norske soldater i internasjonale oppdrag? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Hvilken rolle vil Den internasjonale straffedomstol spille? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). The principle of complementarity - an analysis of article 17 of the Rome Statute. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Prosecutions or truth commisions? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2004). Hvordan skal internasjonale forbrytelser straffefofrølges? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2003). Prosecution of genocide. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2003). Likhet for loven? Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2003). Norwegian and American criminal law - a comparison. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2003). Straffeforfølgning av Mullah Krekar. [Radio]. NRK, Dagsnytt. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2003). USA og folkeretten. [Radio]. Radio Nova. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2003). Intervju om Saddam Hussein. [Radio]. Dagsnytt 18. Full text in Research Archive
• Stigen, Jo Martin (2003). Intervju om ICC. Full text in Research Archive
• Svalheim, Amalie & Stigen, Jo Martin (2026). Forutgående provokasjon ved voldslovbrudd. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Forutgående provokasjon ved voldslovbrudd: Hvilke bestemmelser i straffeloven gir adgang til å ta hensyn til forutgående provokasjon under skyld- og straffespørsmålet ved voldslovbrudd, og hvordan anvendes disse av domstolene?

• Nilsen, Tove Wulff & Stigen, Jo Martin (2025). Prosecuting the International Crime of Terrorism: Legal Ambiguities and Challenges. UiT Norges arktiske universitet. ISSN 9788293021520. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This thesis addresses the prosecutorial challenges associated with the international crime of terrorism. Currently, this crime is recognised only as a treaty-based or transnational crime. It is not considered a core crime as enshrined in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Additionally, the prohibition of terrorism has probably not yet reached the level of a peremptory norm (jus cogens) within customary international law. A central issue, which runs like a red thread throughout the thesis, is the international legal community’s ongoing failure to agree upon a unified definition of the concept of terrorism. The crime is prosecuted in national courts, with each state exercising its own definitional discretion. The definitional issue has been raised in a few international tribunals, such as the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), as part of violations of crimes against humanity and in a highly controversial interlocutory decision. However, the definition of the crime as such remains elusive, with a myriad of legal consequences, one of them being the principle of legality, nullum crimen sine lege. This thesis touches upon various interdisciplinary legal aspects, as global political decisions also influence legal discussions within international law and international criminal law. Throughout this research, I am analysing the legal landscape, both historically and contemporarily, to establish a comprehensive and coherent overview of the prosecutorial challenges and complex legal processes involved with the international crime of terrorism. Ultimately, this research seeks to help create a more unified prosecutorial system for addressing the crime of terrorism and potential future developments within the realm of international criminal law.

• Stigen, Jo Martin (2005). The Principle of Complementarity: The Relationship between the International Criminal Court and National Jurisdictions. Institutt for offentlig rett. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  En revidert og utvidet versjon av denne doktoravhandlingen ble utgitt som monografi i 2008 med tittelen "The relationship between the International Criminal Courtand national jurisdictions : the principle of complementarity"

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