Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity

Herausgeber: Sadat, Leila Nadya

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Produktbeschreibung

This book attempts to complete the Nuremberg legacy by elaborating a specialized draft convention text on crimes against humanity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 957g
• ISBN-13: 9781107676794
• ISBN-10: 1107676797
• Artikelnr.: 39757217

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Foreword - the crimes against humanity initiative; 1. Crimes
against humanity and the responsibility to protect Gareth Evans; 2. History
of efforts to codify crimes against humanity: from the charter of Nuremberg
to the statute of Rome Roger S. Clark; 3. The universal repression of
crimes against humanity before national jurisdictions: the need for a
treaty-based obligation to prosecute Payam Akhavan; 4. Revisiting the
architecture of crimes against humanity: almost a century in the making
with gaps and ambiguities remaining - the need for a specialized convention
M. Cherif Bassiouni; 5. The bright red thread: the politics of
international criminal law - the West African experience - a case study:
operation justice in Sierra Leone David Crane; 6. Gender-based crimes
against humanity Valerie Oosterveld; 7. 'Chapeau elements' of crimes
against humanity in the jurisprudence of the United Nations ad hoc
tribunals Göran Sluiter; 8. The definition of crimes against humanity and
the question of a 'policy' element Guénaël Mettraux; 9. Ethnic cleansing as
euphemism, metaphor, criminology and law John Hagan and Todd J. Haugh; 10.
Immunities and amnesties Diane Orentlicher; 11. Modes of participation
Elies van Sliedregt; 12. Terrorism and crimes against humanity Michael P.
Scharf and Michael A. Newton; 13. Crimes against humanity and the
international criminal court Kai Ambos; 14. Crimes against humanity and the
responsibility to protect David Scheffer; 15. Re-enforcing enforcement in a
specialized convention on crimes against humanity: inter-state cooperation,
mutual legal assistance, and the aut dedere aut judicare obligation Laura
M. Olson; 16. Why the world needs an international convention on crimes
against humanity Gregory H. Stanton; Appendice I. International convention
on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity; Appendice II.
Convention internationale pour la prévention et la répression des crimes
contre l'humanité; Appendice III. A comprehensive history of the
international convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against
humanity.