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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450140403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-91566-8; 9786610915668; 92-808-7063-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ThakurRamesh Chandra <1948->; MalcontentP. A. M <1965-> (Petrus Adrianus Maria)
• Disciplina: 345/.0235
• Soggetti: Crimes against humanity; Criminal liability (International law); Sovereignty, Violation of; International criminal courts; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the changing political and human rights context that gave rise to the international norm of individual criminal accountability. It brings together a preeminent group of experts to explore the progress, scope and controversies of international accountability.