Skip Navigation

Prize Premio Regione Toscana Giorgio La Pira

Journal of International Criminal Justice Prize

Premio Regione Toscana Giorgio La Pira

Each year, the Region of Tuscany together with the Journal of International Criminal Justice awards the ‘Premio Regione Toscana Giorgio La Pira’ for the best paper published in the Journal by a young scholar. The Region’s contribution to the prize was part of a grander initiative to honour Giorgio La Pira on the centennial anniversary of his birth in 2004.

The prize is awarded in a public ceremony in Florence. The ceremony is hosted by the Region and the Journal, and a distinguished academic or practitioner is invited to speak on a current problem concerning international criminal justice.
To qualify for consideration for the prize, the author of the article should be aged 35 or younger (at the time the article is accepted for publication). In addition, the recipient of the award would normally be expected to have expressed a wish to be considered for the prize at the time of acceptance of a single-authored article, and not be associated with the editorial management of the Journal in any capacity prior to submission.

The article is selected by the Editorial Board of the Journal. Following selection, the prize winner is invited to Florence to receive the prize, which includes a €2000 cash award from the Tuscan Region, £300 worth of books provided by Oxford University Press, and a free one-year subscription to the Journal.

2008 Winning Article


Fatal Errors: The Trial and Appeal Judgments in the Dujail Case
by Nehal Bhuta

Previous Winning Articles


Finding a Proper Role for Command Responsibility
by Beatrice I. Bonafé (2007)

Joint Criminal Enterprise as a Pathway to Convicting Individuals for Genocide
by Elies van Sliedregt (2007)
Rethinking Guantánamo: Unlawful Confinement as Applied in International Criminal Law
by James G. Stewart (2006)

Bad Torture - Good Torture?
by Florian Jessberger (2005)
Universal Jurisdiction: Clarifying the Basic Concept
by Roger O'Keefe (2004)

The Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over Nationals of Non-Parties: Legal Basis and Limits
by Dapo Akande (2003)