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Unimaginable Atrocities

Author : William Schabas
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191612227
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Unimaginable Atrocities written by William Schabas and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As international criminal courts and tribunals have proliferated and international criminal law is increasingly seen as a key tool for bringing the world's worst perpetrators to account, the controversies surrounding the international trials of war criminals have grown. War crimes tribunals have to deal with accusations of victors' justice, bad prosecutorial policy and case management, and of jeopardizing fragile peace in post-conflict situations. In this exceptional book, one of the leading writers in the field of international criminal law explores these controversial issues in a manner that is accessible both to lawyers and to general readers. Professor William Schabas begins by considering the discipline of international criminal law, outlining the differing approaches to the description of international crimes and examining the frequent claims relating to the retroactive application of these crimes. The book then discusses the relationship between genocide and crimes against humanity, studying the fascination with what Schabas calls the 'genocide mystique'. International criminal tribunals have often been stigmatized as an exercise in victors' justice. This book traces how this critique developed and the difficulty it poses to the identification of situations for prosecution by the International Criminal Court. The claim that amnesty for international crimes is prohibited by international law is challenged, with a more nuanced approach to the relationship between justice and peace being proposed. Throughout the book there is a strong historical perspective, with constant reference to the early experiments in international justice at Nuremberg and Tokyo. The work also analyses the growing pains of the International Criminal Court as it enters its second decade.

Unimaginable Atrocities

Author : William Schabas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199653070
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Unimaginable Atrocities written by William Schabas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As international criminal justice has grown in prominence, so have the challenges facing it. This book discusses the unresolved questions and dilemmas confronted by international war crimes courts. These include the controversies surrounding prosecutorial policy, the tension between peace and justice, and accusations of victor's justice.

Invisible Atrocities

Author : Randle C. DeFalco
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108806732
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Invisible Atrocities written by Randle C. DeFalco and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International criminal justice is, at its core, an anti-atrocity project. Yet just what an 'atrocity' is remains undefined and undertheorized. This book examines how associations between atrocity commission and the production of horrific spectacles shape the processes through which international crimes are identified and conceptualized, leading to the foregrounding of certain forms of mass violence and the backgrounding or complete invisibilization of others. In doing so, it identifies various, seemingly banal ways through which international crimes may be committed and demonstrates how the criminality of such forms of violence and abuse tends to be obfuscated. This book suggests that the failure to address these 'invisible atrocities' represents a major flaw in the current international criminal justice system, one that produces a host of problematic repercussions and undermines the legal legitimacy of international criminal law itself.

The Justice Dilemma

Author : Daniel Krcmaric
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501750224
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Justice Dilemma written by Daniel Krcmaric and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abusive leaders are now held accountable for their crimes in a way that was unimaginable just a few decades ago. What are the consequences of this recent push for international justice? In The Justice Dilemma, Daniel Krcmaric explains why the "golden parachute" of exile is no longer an attractive retirement option for oppressive rulers. He argues that this is both a blessing and a curse: leaders culpable for atrocity crimes fight longer civil wars because they lack good exit options, but the threat of international prosecution deters some leaders from committing atrocities in the first place. The Justice Dilemma therefore diagnoses an inherent tension between conflict resolution and atrocity prevention, two of the signature goals of the international community. Krcmaric also sheds light on several important puzzles in world politics. Why do some rulers choose to fight until they are killed or captured? Why not simply save oneself by going into exile? Why do some civil conflicts last so much longer than others? Why has state-sponsored violence against civilians fallen in recent years? While exploring these questions, Krcmaric marshals statistical evidence on patterns of exile, civil war duration, and mass atrocity onset. He also reconstructs the decision-making processes of embattled leaders—including Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Charles Taylor of Liberia, and Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso—to show how contemporary international justice both deters atrocities and prolongs conflicts.

Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes at the International Criminal Court

Author : Rosemary Grey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108470432
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes at the International Criminal Court written by Rosemary Grey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed study of the ICC's practice in prosecuting gender-based crimes, current up to the ICC Statute's twentieth anniversary in 2018.

Atrocity Labelling

Author : Markus P. Beham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755617541
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Atrocity Labelling written by Markus P. Beham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atrocity. Genocide. War crime. Crime Against Humanity. Such atrocity labels have been popularized among international lawmakers but with little insight offered into how and when these terms are applied and to what effect. What constitutes an event to be termed a genocide or war crime and what role does this play in the application of legal proceedings? Markus P. Beham, through an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, unpicks these terms to uncover their historical genesis and their implications for international criminal law initiatives concerned with atrocity. The book uniquely compares four specific case studies: Belgian colonial exploitation of the Congo, atrocities committed against the Herero and Nama in German South-West Africa, the Armenian genocide and the man-made Ukrainian famine of the 1930s. Encompassing international law, legal history, and discourse analysis, the concept of 'atrocity labelling' is used to capture the meaning underlying the work of international lawyers and prosecutors, historians and sociologists, agenda setters and policy makers.

Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity

Author : Damien Rogers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319609947
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity written by Damien Rogers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a unique and powerful critique of the quest for international criminal justice. It explores the efforts of three successive generations of international prosecutors, recognising the vital roles they play in the enforcement of international criminal law. By critically examining prosecutorial performance during the pre-trial and trial phases, the volume argues that these prosecutors are simultaneously political actors serving in the interests of economic liberalisation. It also posits that international prosecutors help wage a mostly silent and largely unacknowledged politico-cultural war fought for control over the institutions governing modernist international affairs. As the author contends, international prosecutors are thus best understood as agents not only of the law and politics, but also of a war fought by proponents of various utopian projects.

Repetition and International Law

Author : Wouter Werner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009040022
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Repetition and International Law written by Wouter Werner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acts of repetition abound in international law. Security Council Resolutions typically start by recalling, recollecting, recognising or reaffirming previous resolutions. Expert committees present restatements of international law. Students and staff extensively rehearse fictitious cases in presentations for moot court competitions. Customary law exists by virtue of repeated behaviour and restatements about the existence of rules. When sources of international law are deployed, historically contingent events are turned into manifestations of pre-given and repeatable categories. This book studies the workings of repetition across six discourses and practices in international law. It links acts of repetition to similar practices in religion, theatre, film and commerce. Building on the dialectics of repetition as set out by Søren Kierkegaard, it examines how repetition in international law is used to connect concrete practices to something that is bound to remain absent, unspeakable or unimaginable.

Arcs of Global Justice

Author : Margaret M. DeGuzman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190272651
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Arcs of Global Justice written by Margaret M. DeGuzman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. Cherif Bassiouni / Human rights and international criminal justice in the twenty first century : the end of the post-WWII phase and the beginning of an uncertain new era -- Thomas A. Cromwell and Bruno Gélinas-Faucher, William Schabas / The Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms, and international human rights law -- Emmanuel Decaux / The International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as a victim-oriented treaty --Kathleen Cavanaugh and Joshua Castellino / The politics of sectarianism and its reflection in questions of international law & state formation in The Middle East -- Sandra L. Babcock / International law and the death penalty : a toothless tiger, or a meaningful force for change? -- Marc Bossuyt / The UN optional protocol on the abolition of the death penalty --Christof Heyns and Thomas Probert and Tess Borden / The right to life and the progressive abolition of the death penalty -- Zhao Bingzhi / Progress and trend of the reform of the death penalty in China -- Margaret M. DeGuzman / Criminal law philosophy in international criminal law scholarship -- Frédéric Mégret / Is the ICC focusing too much on non-state actors? -- Shane Darcy / The principle of legality at the crossroads of human rights and international criminal law -- Alain Pellet / Revisiting the sources of applicable law before the ICC -- Mireille Delmas-Marty / The ICC as a work in progress, for a world in process -- Carsten Stahn / Legacy in international criminal justice -- Andrew Clapham and Paola Gaeta / Torture by private actors and 'gold plating' the offence in national law : an exchange of emails in honour of William Schabas -- Hirad Abtahi and Philippa Webb / Secrets and surprises in the Travaux préparatoires of the genocide convention -- Jérémie Gilbert / Perspectives on cultural genocide : from criminal law to cultural diversity -- Beth Van Schaack / Crimes against humanity : repairing Title 18's blind spots -- Leila Nadya Sadat / A new global treaty on crimes against humanity : future prospects -- Mark A. Drumbl / Justice outside of criminal courtrooms and jailhouses -- Charles Chernor Jalloh / Toward greater synergy between courts and truth commissions in post-conflict contexts : lessons from Sierra Leone -- Geoffrey Nice and Nevenka Tromp / Criminal trial as a tool to control historical narrative -- Mary Ellen O'Connell / The arc toward justice and peace -- Adama Dieng / The maintenance of international peace and security through prevention of atrocity crimes : the question of co-operation between the UN and regional arrangements -- Emma Sandon / Law and film : curating rights cinema -- Wayne Jordash / The role of advocates in developing international law -- Diane Marie Amann / Bill the blogger

Auschwitz

Author : Sara Nomberg-Przytyk
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807898821
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Auschwitz written by Sara Nomberg-Przytyk and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment I got to Auschwitz I was completely detached. I disconnected my heart and intellect in an act of self-defense, despair, and hopelessness." With these words Sara Nomberg-Przytyk begins this painful and compelling account of her experiences while imprisoned for two years in the infamous death camp. Writing twenty years after her liberation, she recreates the events of a dark past which, in her own words, would have driven her mad had she tried to relive it sooner. But while she records unimaginable atrocities, she also richly describes the human compassion that stubbornly survived despite the backdrop of camp depersonalization and imminent extermination. Commemorative in spirit and artistic in form, Auschwitz convincingly portrays the paradoxes of human nature in extreme circumstances. With consummate understatement Nomberg-Przytyk describes the behavior of concentration camp inmates as she relentlessly and pitilessly examines her own motives and feelings. In this world unmitigated cruelty coexisted with nobility, rapacity with self-sacrifice, indifference with selfless compassion. This book offers a chilling view of the human drama that existed in Auschwitz. From her portraits of camp personalities, an extraordinary and horrifying profile emerges of Dr. Josef Mengele, whose medical experiments resulted in the slaughter of nearly half a million Jews. Nomberg-Przytyk's job as an attendant in Mengle's hospital allowed her to observe this Angel of Death firsthand and to provide us with the most complete description to date of his monstrous activities. The original Polish manuscript was discovered by Eli Pfefferkorn in 1980 in the Yad Vashem Archive in Jerusalem. Not knowing the fate of the journal's author, Pfefferkorn spent two years searching and finally located Nomberg-Przytyk in Canada. Subsequent interviews revealed the history of the manuscript, the author's background, and brought the journal into perspective.

Perpetrators of International Crimes

Author : Alette Smeulers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192565494
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Perpetrators of International Crimes written by Alette Smeulers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would anyone commit a mass atrocity such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, or terrorism? This question is at the core of the multi- and interdisciplinary field of perpetrator studies, a developing field which this book assesses in its full breadth for the first time. Perpetrators of International Crimes analyses the most prominent theories, methods, and evidence to determine what we know, what we think we know, as well as the ethical implications of gathering this knowledge. It traces the development of perpetrator studies whilst pushing the boundaries of this emerging field. The book includes contributions from experts from a wide array of disciplines, including criminology, history, law, sociology, psychology, political science, religious studies, and anthropology. They cover numerous case studies, including prominent ones such as Nazi Germany, Rwanda, and the former Yugoslavia, but also those that are relatively under researched and more recent, such as Sri Lanka and the Islamic State. These have been investigated through various research methods, including but not limited to, trial observations and interviews.

The International Criminal Court

Author : William A. Schabas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191060305
Total Pages : 1400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The International Criminal Court written by William A. Schabas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established as one of the main sources for the study of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, this volume provides an article-by-article analysis of the Statute; the detailed analysis draws upon relevant case law from the Court itself, as well as from other international and national criminal tribunals, academic commentary, and related instruments such as the Elements of Crimes, the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, and the Relationship Agreement with the United Nations. Each of the 128 articles is accompanied by an overview of the drafting history as well as a bibliography of academic literature relevant to the provision. Written by a single author, the Commentary avoids duplication and inconsistency, providing a comprehensive presentation to assist those who must understand, interpret, and apply the complex provisions of the Rome Statute.This volume has been well-received in the academic community and has become a trusted reference for those who work at the Court, even judges. The fully updated second edition of The International Criminal Court incorporates new developments in the law, including discussions of recent judicial activity and the amendments to the Rome Statute adopted at the Kampala conference.

Atrocity Crimes, Children and International Criminal Courts

Author : Cécile Aptel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000862879
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Atrocity Crimes, Children and International Criminal Courts written by Cécile Aptel and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how international criminal courts have paid only limited and inconsistent attention to atrocity crimes affecting children. It elucidates the many structural, legal, financial and even attitudinal obstacles, often overlapping, that have contributed to the international courts’ focus on the experience of adults, rendering children almost invisible. It reviews whether and how different international and hybrid criminal jurisdictions have considered international crimes committed against or by children. The book also considers how international criminal justice can help contribute to the recognition of the specific impact that international crimes have on children, whether as victims or as participants, and strengthen their protection. Finally, it proposes an agenda to improve this situation, making specific recommendations encompassing the urgent need to further elaborate child-friendly procedures. It also calls for international investigative and prosecutorial strategies to be less adult-centric and broaden the scope of crimes against children beyond the focus on child-soldiers. This book is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and fieldworkers in the areas of international criminal law, international human rights law/child rights, international humanitarian law, child protection and transitional justice.

Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law

Author : Michael Bazyler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190634189
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law written by Michael Bazyler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great deal of contemporary law has a direct connection to the Holocaust. That connection, however, is seldom acknowledged in legal texts and has never been the subject of a full-length scholarly work. This book examines the background of the Holocaust and genocide through the prism of the law; the criminal and civil prosecution of the Nazis and their collaborators for Holocaust-era crimes; and contemporary attempts to criminally prosecute perpetrators for the crime of genocide. It provides the history of the Holocaust as a legal event, and sets out how genocide has become known as the "crime of crimes" under both international law and in popular discourse. It goes on to discuss specific post-Holocaust legal topics, and examines the Holocaust as a catalyst for post-Holocaust international justice. Together, this collection of subjects establishes a new legal discipline, which the author Michael Bazyler labels "Post-Holocaust Law."

West Point History of World War II, Vol. 2

Author : The United States Military Academy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476782784
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book West Point History of World War II, Vol. 2 written by The United States Military Academy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive, must-have military history of World War II—spanning 1942 until the end of the war—packed with the same expert analysis, exclusive tactical maps, unique graphics, and historical images used by The United States Military Academy at West Point to teach the art of war to its own cadets. Since its founding, West Point has taught its cadets the history of warfare, and since 1847 it has done so through a singular text, The West Point History of Warfare. That text has been updated repeatedly, and now through a unique partnership with West Point graduates, The West Point History of Warfare has been completely rewritten. Volume 1 concluded with the midpoint of World War II in 1942, which is where this latest edition begins, covering all aspects of the war in chapters such as “Strategic Seapower and Airpower” by Richard J. Overy, “The Defeat of Japan” by Robert W. Love, Jr., “The Allies Turn the Tide” by Robert M. Citino, and “Occupation, Demobilization, and Assessing Victory” by Steve R. Waddell. As with previous volumes, The West Point History of World War II, Volume 2 boasts rich, full-color illustrations with unique tactical maps created by expert cartographers in collaboration with West Point’s military historians, as well as dozens of graphics uniquely created for this volume and hundreds of historical images, many of which are from the West Point archives. Authoritative, compelling, a goldmine for history lovers, this essential resource belongs in the library of every serious student of World War II.

Crimes Against Humanity

Author : Norman Geras
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847797717
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Crimes Against Humanity written by Norman Geras and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity. It examines its origins, the ethical assumptions underpinning it, its legal and philosophical boundaries, and some of the controversies connected with it. A brief historical introduction is followed by an exploration of the various meanings of the term ‘crimes against humanity’ that have been suggested; a definition is proposed linking it to the idea of basic human rights. The book looks at some problems with the boundaries of the concept, the threshold for its proper application and the related issue of humanitarian intervention. It concludes with a discussion of the prospects for the further development of crimes-against-humanity law. The work serves as a clear and compact introduction for students of politics, philosophy and law, as well as for the general reading public.

The Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal Law

Author : Yvonne McDermott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317043146
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal Law written by Yvonne McDermott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International criminal law is at a crucial point in its history and development, and the time is right for practitioners, academics and students to take stock of the lessons learnt from the past fifteen years, as the international community moves towards an increasingly uni-polar international criminal legal order, with the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the helm. This unique Research Companion takes a critical approach to a wide variety of theoretical, practical, legal and policy issues surrounding and underpinning the operation of international criminal law as applied by international criminal tribunals. The book is divided into four main parts. The first part analyses international crimes and modes of liability, with a view to identifying areas which have been inconsistently or misguidedly interpreted, overlooked to date or are likely to be increasingly significant in future. The second part examines international criminal processes and procedures, and here the authors discuss issues such as victim participation and the rights of the accused. The third part is a discussion of complementarity and sentencing, while the final part of the book looks at international criminal justice in context. The authors raise issues which are likely to provide the most significant challenges and most promising opportunities for the continuing development of this body of law. As international criminal law becomes more established as a distinct discipline, it becomes imperative for international criminal scholarship to provide a degree of critical analysis, both of individual legal issues and of the international criminal project as a whole. This book represents an important collective effort to introduce an element of legal realism or critical legal studies into the academic discourse.