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From sovereign impunity to international accountability [electronic resource] : the search for justice in a world of states / edited by Ramesh Thakur and Peter Malcontent.

Contributor(s): Thakur, Ramesh Chandra, 1948- | Malcontent, P. A. M. (Petrus Adrianus Maria), 1965- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 2004Description: xviii, 305 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Crimes against humanity | Criminal liability (International law) | Sovereignty, Violation of | International criminal courtsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345/.0235 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Incomplete contents:
From impunity to accountability : forces of transformation and the changing international human rights context / Paul G. Lauren -- From the Nuremberg Charter to the Rome Statute : a historical analysis of the limits of international criminal accountability / Michael D. Biddiss -- International criminal justice and the United States : law, culture, power / David P. Forsythe -- Violations of human rights and humanitarian law and threats to international peace and security / George J. Andreopoulos -- The individual within international law / Michail Wladimiroff -- Gender-related crimes : a feminist perspective / Christine Chinkin -- International criminal courts and the admissibility of evidence / Bert Swart -- Balancing the rights of the accused with the imperatives of accountability / William A. Schabas -- We the people : The position of NGOs in gathering evidence and giving witness at international criminal trials / Helen Durham -- Democracy, global governance, and the International Criminal Court / Madeline H. Morris -- Reconciling fractured societies : an African perspective on the role of judicial prosecutions / Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu -- Demystifying Osama Bin Laden : fair trials for international terrorists / Geoffrey Robertson -- The complexity of international criminal law : looking beyond individual responsibility to the responsibility of organizations, corporations, and states / Andrew Clapham -- The international Criminal Court and the prohibition of the use of children in armed conflict / Julia Maxted -- The international Criminal Court : obstacle or contribution to an effective system of human rights protection? / Cees Flinterman -- Dealing with guilt beyond crime : the strained quality of universal justice / Ramesh Thakur.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From impunity to accountability : forces of transformation and the changing international human rights context / Paul G. Lauren -- From the Nuremberg Charter to the Rome Statute : a historical analysis of the limits of international criminal accountability / Michael D. Biddiss -- International criminal justice and the United States : law, culture, power / David P. Forsythe -- Violations of human rights and humanitarian law and threats to international peace and security / George J. Andreopoulos -- The individual within international law / Michail Wladimiroff -- Gender-related crimes : a feminist perspective / Christine Chinkin -- International criminal courts and the admissibility of evidence / Bert Swart -- Balancing the rights of the accused with the imperatives of accountability / William A. Schabas -- We the people : The position of NGOs in gathering evidence and giving witness at international criminal trials / Helen Durham -- Democracy, global governance, and the International Criminal Court / Madeline H. Morris -- Reconciling fractured societies : an African perspective on the role of judicial prosecutions / Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu -- Demystifying Osama Bin Laden : fair trials for international terrorists / Geoffrey Robertson -- The complexity of international criminal law : looking beyond individual responsibility to the responsibility of organizations, corporations, and states / Andrew Clapham -- The international Criminal Court and the prohibition of the use of children in armed conflict / Julia Maxted -- The international Criminal Court : obstacle or contribution to an effective system of human rights protection? / Cees Flinterman -- Dealing with guilt beyond crime : the strained quality of universal justice / Ramesh Thakur.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.