Thematic prosecution of international sex crimes
By: Morten Bergsmo (editor)
Series: FICHL publication series -- no. 13 (2012); FICHL publication series -- no. 13 (2012)
Publisher: Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Beijing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9788293081319; 9788283480252
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Sex crimes (International law); Trials (Sex crimes); War crime trials; War crimes; Sexualdelikt; Kriegsverbrechen; International Criminal Court; International criminal courts and tribunals; International crimes; Sex crimes; Prosecution; International criminal justice; Internationaler Strafgerichtshof
Description: By singling out the theme of recruitment and use of child soldiers in its first case, the Lubanga Trial Judgment of the International Criminal Court has legitimized the very idea of thematic prosecution at the international and national levels ... This is the first book to deal with the topic of thematic prosecution of core international crimes. Its focus is on international sex crimes. It is important to justify the singling out of a narrow range of criminality for prosecution, whether in internationalized or national criminal jurisdictions. Thematic prosecutions should be explained to the public. Absent proper justification, the thematic prosecution of core international crimes is likely to generate increasing controversy--Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Towards rational thematic prosecution and the challenge of international sex crimes  -- by Morten Bergsmo and CHEAH Wui Ling; title: An expressive rationale for the thematic prosecution of sex crimes  -- by Margaret M. deGuzman; title: 'Those most responsible' versus international sex crimes : competing prosecution themes?  -- by Fabricio Guariglia; title: Prioritising international sex crimes before the Special Court for Sierra Leone : one more instrument of political manipulation?  -- by Christopher Mahony; title: Prospect for thematic prosecution of international sex crimes in Latin America  -- by Flor de Maria Valdez-Arroyo; title: Thematic prosecution of international sex crimes and stigmatisation of victims and survivors : two sides of the same coin?  -- by Benson Chinedu Olugbuo; title: Thematic prosecutions for crimes against children  -- by Susanna Greijer; title: Looking forward : the prosecution of sex crimes in national courts  -- by Paloma Soria Montañez; title: Contextualising sexual violence in the prosecution of international crimes  -- by Valerie Oosterveld; title: Going beyond prosecutorial discretion : institutional factors influencing thematic prosecution  -- by Neha Jain; title: Special mechanisms to investigate and prosecute international sex crimes : pro and contra arguments  -- by Olympia Bekou; title: Science and international thematic prosecution of sex crimes : a tale of re-essentialisation  -- by Alejandra Azuero Quijano; title: Thematic investigations and prosecution of international sex crimes : some critical comments from a theoretical and comparative perspective  -- by Kai Ambos; title: UN military peacekeeper complicity in sexual abuse : the ICC or a tri-hybrid court  -- by Roisin Burke; title: The impact of prosecutorial strategy on the investigation and prosecution of sexual violence at international criminal tribunals -- by Niamh Hayes.