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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163072503321

Titolo

Atrocities and international accountability [[electronic resource] ] : beyond transitional justice / / edited by Edel Hughes, William A. Schabas and Ramesh Thakur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : United Nations University Press, 2007

ISBN

92-808-7110-2

Descrizione fisica

xi, 297 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

HughesEdel

SchabasWilliam <1950->

ThakurRamesh Chandra <1948->

Disciplina

345/.0235

Soggetti

Crimes against humanity

Criminal liability

Atrocities

Truth commissions

Reconciliation - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

How to come to terms with the past / Peter R. Baehr -- Does power trump morality? reconciliation or transitional justice? / Rama Mani -- Transitional justice and conflict termination : Mozambique, Rwanda and South Africa assessed / Helena Cobban -- All the truth but only some justice? dilemmas of dealing with the past in new democracies / Jorge Heine -- East Timor's search for justice, reconciliation and dignity / Jeff Kingston -- No substitute for sovereignty : why international criminal justice has a bleak future  and deserves it / Jeremy Rabkin -- Dancing with the devil : prosecuting West Africa's warlords : current lessons learned and challenges / David M. Crane -- The development of prosecutorial discretion in international criminal courts / Matthew Brubacher -- Alternatives to prosecution : the case of Rwanda / Gerald Gahima -- Independence and impartiality of the international judiciary : some lessons learned, and some ignored / William A. Schabas -- Impartiality deficit and international criminal judging / Diane Marie



Amann -- The effect of amnesties before domestic and international tribunals : morality, law and politics / Leila Nadya Sadat -- Trading justice for peace : the contemporary law and policy debate / Michael P. Scharf -- Concluding remarks : the questions that still remain / William A. Schabas and Ramesh Thakur.