International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes [electronic resource] /
Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein.
Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.)
Kaleck, Wolfgang.editor.
Ratner, Michael.editor.
Singelnstein, Tobias.editor.
Weiss, Peter.editor.
1 In his separate opinion in the Nuclear Weapons case, Judge Mohammed Bed- oui, then the President of the International Court of Justice, called nuclear we- ons "the absolute evil. " There are a few other things which merit being called - solutely evil. They are the predicates of the International Criminal Court and of various domestic laws patterned on the Rome Statute: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and aggression. A conference organized by the Berlin-based Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein (Republican Lawyers As- ciation) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights was held in Berlin in June 2005 under the title Globalverfassung versus Realpolitik (Global Constitution versus Realpolitik). It dealt with the tension between these univ- sally accepted norms and the actual practice of governments in an age charact- ized by the ill-defined concept of the "war on terror. " This book is the outcome of that conference. It is intended for a wide variety of readers: academics, all kinds of jurists, as well as human rights activists, who sometimes know more about the applicable law than the legal experts. It owes its existence to a paradox: On the one hand, new structures for dealing with the most serious international crimes are being put into place.
Papers from a conference organized by the Berlin-based Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein (Republican Lawyers Association) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights was held in Berlin in June 2005 under the title Globalverfassung versus Realpolitik (Global Constitution versus Realpolitik).
Fundamental Questions -- Protection of Human Rights by Means of Criminal Law: On the Relationship between Criminal Law and Politics -- Global Constitutional Struggles: Human Rights between colère publique and colère politique -- The Future of Universal Jurisdiction -- On the Aims and Actual Consequences of International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes -- Developments in Law and Practice -- Prosecuting International Crimes at the National and International Level: Between Justice and Realpolitik -- Addressing the Relationship between State Immunity and Jus Cogens Norms: A Comparative Assessment -- Universal Jurisdiction: Developing and Implementing an Effective Global Strategy -- German International Criminal Law in Practice: From Leipzig to Karlsruhe -- The Pinochet Effect and the Spanish Contribution to Universal Jurisdiction -- Implementing the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction in France -- The Political Funeral Procession for the Belgian UJ Statute -- The Approach of the United Kingdom to Crimes under International Law: The Application of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction -- Coming to Terms with Genocide in Rwanda: The Role of International and National Justice -- The "War on Terror" in Particular -- Military Necessity, Torture, and the Criminality of Lawyers -- The Prohibition of Torture: Absolute Means Absolute -- Litigating Guantánamo -- Universality, Complementarity, and the Duty to Prosecute Crimes Under International Law in Germany.
1 In his separate opinion in the Nuclear Weapons case, Judge Mohammed Bed- oui, then the President of the International Court of Justice, called nuclear we- ons "the absolute evil. " There are a few other things which merit being called - solutely evil. They are the predicates of the International Criminal Court and of various domestic laws patterned on the Rome Statute: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and aggression. A conference organized by the Berlin-based Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein (Republican Lawyers As- ciation) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights was held in Berlin in June 2005 under the title Globalverfassung versus Realpolitik (Global Constitution versus Realpolitik). It dealt with the tension between these univ- sally accepted norms and the actual practice of governments in an age charact- ized by the ill-defined concept of the "war on terror. " This book is the outcome of that conference. It is intended for a wide variety of readers: academics, all kinds of jurists, as well as human rights activists, who sometimes know more about the applicable law than the legal experts. It owes its existence to a paradox: On the one hand, new structures for dealing with the most serious international crimes are being put into place.
International humanitarian law.
International criminal law.
Human rights.
International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.
International Criminal Law .
Human Rights.