Prosecuting serious human rights violations
By: Anja Seibert-Fohr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780199569328
Subjects: International offenses; Human rights; Prosecution; Criminal procedure (International law)
Description: Is there a duty to prosecute serious human rights violations? This text examines this issue, drawing on international human rights instruments and case law. It finds flaws in the prosecution of these crimes and develops proposals for improvement.
Table of contents: title: Prosecution under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; title: Prosecution under the American Convention on Human Rights; title: Prosecution under the European Convention on Human Rights; title: Universal human rights conventions explicitly requiring prosecution; title: Conceptualizing the duty to prosecute under human rights treaties; title: Prosecution of human rights violations under customary international law.