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Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: l, 483 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199546664 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780199546671 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345/.0235 22
LOC classification:
  • KZ7075 .R38 2009
Contents:
Individual accountability for human rights abuses: historical and legal underpinnings -- Genocide and the imperfections of codification -- Crimes against humanity and the inexactitude of custom -- War crimes and the limitations of accountability for acts in armed conflict -- Other abuses incurring individual responsibility under international law -- Expanding and contracting culpability: complicity, defenses, and other barriers to criminality -- Mechanisms for accountability: framing the issues -- The forum of first resort: national tribunals -- The progeny of Nuremberg: international criminal tribunals -- Non-prosecutorial options: investigatory commissions, civil suits, immigration measures, and lustration -- Developing the case: comments on evidence and judicial assistance -- Evidence: a dearth of uniform standards -- The Khmer Rouge rule over Cambodia: a historical overview -- Applying the law -- Engaging the mechanisms -- Striving for justice: the prospects for individual accountability.
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Books Books Institute of Legal Practice and Development Library- Kigali Branch 345/.0235 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 10CC016 000862K

Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-472) and index.

Individual accountability for human rights abuses: historical and legal underpinnings -- Genocide and the imperfections of codification -- Crimes against humanity and the inexactitude of custom -- War crimes and the limitations of accountability for acts in armed conflict -- Other abuses incurring individual responsibility under international law -- Expanding and contracting culpability: complicity, defenses, and other barriers to criminality -- Mechanisms for accountability: framing the issues -- The forum of first resort: national tribunals -- The progeny of Nuremberg: international criminal tribunals -- Non-prosecutorial options: investigatory commissions, civil suits, immigration measures, and lustration -- Developing the case: comments on evidence and judicial assistance -- Evidence: a dearth of uniform standards -- The Khmer Rouge rule over Cambodia: a historical overview -- Applying the law -- Engaging the mechanisms -- Striving for justice: the prospects for individual accountability.

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