Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : Beyond the nuremberg legacy

By:

Ratner Steven R

Contributor(s):

Abrams Jason S Bischoff James L

Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2009Edition: 3rdDescription: 483p xlvISBN:

9780199546671

Subject(s):

1. International Law - Human Rights - Violation - Accountability2. International Humanitarian Law 3. Human Rights Violations - Mechanisms - Accountability4. Khmer Rouge Atrocities - A Case Study

DDC classification:

341.481000 RAT-2

Contents:

Table of Contents: PART I: SUBSTANTIVE LAW; 1: Individual Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Historical and Legal Underpinnings; 2: Genocide and the Imperfections of Codification; 3: Crimes Against Humanity and the Inexactitude of Custom; 4: War Crimes and the Limitations of Accountability for Acts in Armed Conflict; 5: Other Abuses Incurring Individual Responsibility under International Law; 6: Expanding and Contracting Culpability: Complicity, Defenses, and Other; PART II: MECHANISMS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY; 7: Mechanisms for Accountability: Framing the Issues; 8: The Forum of First Resort: National Tribunals; 9: The Progeny of Nuremberg: International Criminal Tribunals; 10: Non-Prosecural Options: Investigatory Commissions, Civil Suits, Immigration Measures, and Lustration; 11: Developing the Case: Comments on Evidence and Judicial Assistance; 12: Developing the Case: Comments on Evidence and Judicial Assistance; PART III: A CASE STUDY: THE ATTROCITIES OF THE KHMER ROUGE; 12: The Khmer Rouge Rule over Cambodia: A Historical Overview; 13: Applying the Law; 14: Engaging the Mechanism; PART IV: CONCLUSIONS; 15: Striving for Justice: The Prospects for Individual Accountability; Appendices.

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Table of Contents:
PART I: SUBSTANTIVE LAW;
1: Individual Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Historical and Legal Underpinnings;
2: Genocide and the Imperfections of Codification;
3: Crimes Against Humanity and the Inexactitude of Custom;
4: War Crimes and the Limitations of Accountability for Acts in Armed Conflict;
5: Other Abuses Incurring Individual Responsibility under International Law;
6: Expanding and Contracting Culpability: Complicity, Defenses, and Other;

PART II: MECHANISMS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY;
7: Mechanisms for Accountability: Framing the Issues;
8: The Forum of First Resort: National Tribunals;
9: The Progeny of Nuremberg: International Criminal Tribunals;
10: Non-Prosecural Options: Investigatory Commissions, Civil Suits, Immigration Measures, and Lustration;
11: Developing the Case: Comments on Evidence and Judicial Assistance;
12: Developing the Case: Comments on Evidence and Judicial Assistance;

PART III: A CASE STUDY: THE ATTROCITIES OF THE KHMER ROUGE;
12: The Khmer Rouge Rule over Cambodia: A Historical Overview;
13: Applying the Law;
14: Engaging the Mechanism;

PART IV: CONCLUSIONS;
15: Striving for Justice: The Prospects for Individual Accountability;
Appendices.

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