Enforced disappearance in international law
By: Lisa Ott
Publisher: Intersentia; International Specialized Book Services, [distributor for U.S.A. and Canada]
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9789400001688; 9781780680040
Subjects: Victims of state-sponsored terrorism; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2006 : Paris); Disappeared persons; International criminal law; Humanitarian law; Legal status, laws
Description: "This book explores the international legal framework governing the crime and human rights violation of enforced disappearance. It includes an analysis and comparison of the existing international human rights case law and an assessment of the rules of international humanitarian law and international criminal law applicable to enforced disappearance. The study includes a review, comparison, and analysis of the case law of the international criminal tribunals, the Human Rights Committee, the Inter-American and European Courts of Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and People's Rights"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Lucerne, 2010.

"[T]he text is intended to be up to date to 31 January 2011"--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Enforced disappearance in human rights law; title: Enforced disappearance in international humanitarian law; title: Enforced disappearance in international criminal law; title: The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.