From sovereign impunity to international accountability
Subtitle: the search for justice in a world of states
By: edited by Ramesh Thakur and Peter Malcontent.
Contributors: Thakur, Ramesh Chandra, 1948-; Malcontent, P. A. M. 1965-
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Crimes against humanity.; Criminal liability (International law); Sovereignty, Violation of.; International criminal courts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From impunity to accountability : forces of transformation and the changing international human rights context / Paul G. Lauren; title: From the Nuremberg Charter to the Rome Statute : a historical analysis of the limits of international criminal accountability / Michael D. Biddiss; title: International criminal justice and the United States : law, culture, power / David P. Forsythe; title: Violations of human rights and humanitarian law and threats to international peace and security / George J. Andreopoulos; title: The individual within international law / Michail Wladimiroff; title: Gender-related crimes : a feminist perspective / Christine Chinkin; title: International criminal courts and the admissibility of evidence /   Bert Swart; title: Balancing the rights of the accused with the imperatives of accountability / William A. Schabas; title: We the people : The position of NGOs in gathering evidence and giving witness at international criminal trials / Helen Durham; title: Democracy, global governance, and the International Criminal Court / Madeline H. Morris; title: Reconciling fractured societies : an African perspective on the role of judicial prosecutions / Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu; title: Demystifying Osama Bin Laden : fair trials for international terrorists / Geoffrey Robertson; title: The complexity of international criminal law : looking beyond individual responsibility to the responsibility of organizations, corporations, and states / Andrew Clapham; title: The international Criminal Court and the prohibition of the use of children in armed conflict / Julia Maxted; title: The international Criminal Court : obstacle or contribution to an effective system of human rights protection? / Cees Flinterman; title: Dealing with guilt beyond crime : the strained quality of universal justice / Ramesh Thakur.