Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams, James L. Bischoff.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: l, 483 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780199546664 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780199546671 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 345/.0235 22
- KZ7075 .R38 2009
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345/.0235 Prosecuting international crimes : | 345/.0235 Crimes against humanity : | 345/.0235 La compétence universelle en matière de crimes contre l'humanité / | 345/.0235 Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : | 345/.0235 Crimes against humanity : | 345/.0235 Forging a convention for crimes against humanity / | 345/.0235 International criminal law / |
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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