The Future Of War Crimes Justice

Author : Chris Stephen
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781685891589

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The Future of War Crimes Justice by Chris Stephen Pdf

From Russia to The Democratic Republic of Congo to Myanmar, Chris Stephen ponders the future of prosecuting war criminals who think themselves untouchable in this timely new book, part of Melville House FUTURES series. We are all too familiar with the horrors of war. Throughout history, rules have been laid down to govern the conduct of war, with varying success. Today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands is the world's first permanent war crimes court, but since it opened in 2002, it has jailed just 4 people. So what has gone wrong? Journalist and ex war-correspondent Chris Stephen takes a look at the colorful history of how war law was devised, asking complicated and important questions such as: What constitutes a war crime? How and when can the law step into prosecute? Today, membership of the ICC is voluntary. Of the UN’s 193 member states, 123 are in the ICC. But most of the world’s war crimes are committed by the other 70. Simply put, governments that commit war crimes don’t join the ICC – like Russia, for example. How then, do we go after war criminals? Follow the money, argues Stephen, and go after the banks and corporations that enable warlords. It worked for Al Capone, who, famously, was jailed not for his many killings, but for not paying his taxes. It was the same for Milosevic: years were spent gathering records, so judges could be shown he pulled the financial strings. Corporations and banks, span the world. Democracies and dictators both rely on them. The future of war crime courts demand they hit all the enablers, whether they wear battle fatigues or three-piece suits.

Author : Philippe Sands
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521536766

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From Nuremberg to The Hague by Philippe Sands Pdf

This 2003 collection of essays is based on five lectures organized jointly by Matrix Chambers of human rights lawyers and the Wiener Library between April and June 2002. Presented by leading experts in the field, this fascinating collection of papers examines the evolution of international criminal justice from its post World War II origins at Nuremberg through to the concrete proliferation of courts and tribunals with international criminal law jurisdictions based at The Hague today. Original and provocative, the lectures provide various stimulating perspectives on the subject of international criminal law. Topics include its corporate and historical dimension as well as a discussion of the International Criminal Court Statute and the role of the national courts. The volume offers a challenging insight into the future of international criminal legal system. This is an intelligent and thought-provoking book, accessible to anyone interested in international criminal law, from specialists to non-specialists alike.

Author : Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313087127

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Global Justice by Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu Pdf

After a controversial war in which he was ousted and captured by United States forces, Saddam Hussein was arraigned before a war crimes tribunal. Slobodan Milosevic died midway through his contentious trial by an international war crimes tribunal at The Hague. Calls for intervention and war crimes trials for the massacres and rapes in Sudan's Darfur region have been loud and clear, and the United States remains fiercely opposed to the permanent International Criminal Court. Are war crimes trials impartial, apolitical forums? Has international justice for war crimes become an entrenched aspect of globalization? In Global Justice, Moghalu examines the phenomenon of war crimes trials from an unusual, political perspective—that of an anarchical international society. After a controversial war in which he was ousted and captured by United States forces, Saddam Hussein was arraigned before a war crimes tribunal. Slobodan Milosevic died midway through his contentious trial by an international war crimes tribunal at The Hague. Calls for intervention and war crimes trials for the massacres and rapes in Sudan's Darfur region have been loud and clear, and the United States remains fiercely opposed to the permanent International Criminal Court. Are war crimes trials impartial, apolitical forums? Has international justice for war crimes become an entrenched aspect of globalization? In Global Justice, Moghalu examines the phenomenon of war crimes trials from an unusual, political perspective—that of an anarchical international society. He argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, war crimes trials are neither motivated nor influenced solely by abstract notions of justice. Instead, war crimes trials are the product of the interplay of political forces that have led to an inevitable clash between globalization and sovereignty on the sensitive question of who should judge war criminals. From Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm to the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, from the trials of Milosevic, Saddam Hussein, and Charles Taylor to Belgium's attempts to enforce the contested doctrine of universal jurisdiction, Moghalu renders a compelling tour de force of one of the most controversial subjects in world politics. He argues that, necessary though it was, international justice has run into a crisis of legitimacy. While international trials will remain a policy option, local or regional responses to mass atrocities will prove more durable.

Author : Aryeh Neier
Publisher : Crown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Current Events
ISBN : UOM:39015047096600

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War Crimes by Aryeh Neier Pdf

In the five decades after the Nuremberg trials, not one single international trial for war criminals took place until 1993. In that year a court was finally set up -- at the urging of Aryeh Neier and other high-profile activists -- to judge and sentence war criminals from the former Yugoslavia.In War Crimes, Neier argues for the creation of a permanent tribunal at the U.N. and shows how the continuing absence of such a tribunal is the result of paranoia on the part of governments worldwide. He addresses conflicts in Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, South Africa, Cambodia, and the occupied territories of Israel. This is a powerful and sure-to-be-controversial book.

Author : David Chuter
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 158826209X

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War Crimes by David Chuter Pdf

A nuanced discussion of why war crimes occur, what can be done to bring the perpetrators to justice, and the prospects of preventing such atrocities in the future.

Author : Paul R. Williams,Michael P. Scharf
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 0742518566

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Peace with Justice? by Paul R. Williams,Michael P. Scharf Pdf

In this work, two former State Department lawyers provide an account of how and why justice was misapplied and mishandled throughout the peace-builders' efforts to settle the Yugoslav conflict. The text is based on their personal experience, research and interviews with key players in the process.

Author : Kevin Heller,Gerry Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199671144

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The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials by Kevin Heller,Gerry Simpson Pdf

Several war crimes trials are well-known to scholars, but others have received far less attention. This book assesses a number of these little-studied trials to recognise institutional innovations, clarify doctrinal debates, and identify their general relevance to the development of international criminal law.

Author : Julija Bogoeva
Publisher : Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788283480122

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Prosecuting War Criminals as the Basis for Reconciliation Policy by Julija Bogoeva Pdf

Author : Vladimír Dzuro
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781640122291

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The Investigator by Vladimír Dzuro Pdf

The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ovčara pig farm in 1991. An international tribunal was set up to try the perpetrators of crimes such as this, and one of the accused was Slavko Dokmanović, who at the time was the mayor of a local town. Vladimír Dzuro, a criminal detective from Prague, was one of the investigators charged with discovering what happened on that horrific night at Ovčara. The story Dzuro presents here, drawn from his daily notes, is devastating. It was a time of brutal torture, random killings, and the disappearance of innocent people. Dzuro provides a gripping account of how he and a handful of other investigators picked up the barest of leads that eventually led them to the gravesite where they exhumed the bodies. They were able to track down Dokmanović, only to find that taking him into custody was a different story altogether. The politics that led to the war hindered justice once it ended. Without any thoughts of risk to their own personal safety, Dzuro and his colleagues were determined to bring Dokmanović to justice. In addition to the story of the pursuit and arrest of Dokmanović, The Investigator provides a realistic picture of the war crime investigations that led to the successful prosecution of a number of war criminals. Visit warcrimeinvestigator.com for more information or watch a book trailer.

Author : Yuki Tanaka,Timothy L.H. McCormack,Gerry Simpson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004215917

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Beyond Victor's Justice? The Tokyo War Crimes Trial Revisited by Yuki Tanaka,Timothy L.H. McCormack,Gerry Simpson Pdf

The aim of this new collection of essays is to engage in analysis beyond the familiar victor’s justice critiques. The editors have drawn on authors from across the world — including Australia, Japan, China, France, Korea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom — with expertise in the fields of international humanitarian law, international criminal law, Japanese studies, modern Japanese history, and the use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The diverse backgrounds of the individual authors allow the editors to present essays which provide detailed and original analyses of the Tokyo Trial from legal, philosophical and historical perspectives.

Author : Timothy L.H. McCormack,Steven Wheatley
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004641709

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The Law of War Crimes by Timothy L.H. McCormack,Steven Wheatley Pdf

Author : James Gow,Rachel Kerr,Zoran Pajic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134610846

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Prosecuting War Crimes by James Gow,Rachel Kerr,Zoran Pajic Pdf

This volume examines the legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which was created under Chapter VII of the UN Charter as a mechanism explicitly aimed at the restoration and maintenance of international peace and security. As the ICTY has now entered its twentieth year, this volume reflects on the record and practices of the Tribunal. Since it was established, it has had enormous impact on the procedural, jurisprudential and institutional development of international criminal law, as well as the international criminal justice project. This will be its international legacy, but its legacy in the region where the crimes under its jurisdiction took place is less clear; research has shown that reactions to the ICTY have been mixed among the communities most affected by its work. Bringing together a range of key thinkers in the field, Prosecuting War Crimes explores these findings and discusses why many feel that the ICTY has failed to fully engage with people’s experiences and meet their expectations. This book will be of much interest to students of war crimes, international criminal law, Central and East European politics, human rights, and peace and conflict studies.

Author : Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1588262766

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War Crimes and Realpolitik by Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto Pdf

Exploring the evolution and operation of the international criminal justice system and highlighting the influences of politics, this book takes the reader behind the scenes of the conflict between justice and realpolitik.

Author : Louise Arbour,Madame Justice Luise Arbour,Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.)
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0802084958

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War Crimes and the Culture of Peace by Louise Arbour,Madame Justice Luise Arbour,Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.) Pdf

Justice Arbour suggests that the ties between personal criminal accountability and peace should be central to the decisions made in the future concerning procedural models for the permanent International War Crimes Tribunals.

Author : Geoffrey Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015047706471

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Crimes Against Humanity by Geoffrey Robertson Pdf

Among other accomplishments, British barrister Robertson has appeared as counsel in many landmark human-rights cases, and he conducted missions for Amnesty International to South Africa and Vietnam during the 1980s. Here he identifies a shift from diplomacy to law as the crucial post-Cold War development in the world's efforts on behalf of human rights, and he writes authoritatively about history, the current situation in various parts of the world, and prospects for the future. Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, provides an introduction. The book was originally published in the UK (1999, Allen Lane, The Penguin Press). Distributed by W.W. Norton. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR