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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792653903321

Autore

Kamber Krešimir

Titolo

Prosecuting human rights offences : rethinking the sword function of human rights law / / by Kresimir Kamber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017]

ISBN

90-04-33776-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (598 pages) : illustrations

Collana

International criminal law series ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

341.4/8

Soggetti

Prosecution - Decision making

Liability for human rights violations

Human rights - Criminal provisions

Victims of crimes - Civil rights

International and municipal law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Ghent University Faculty of Law, 2016) issued under title: Effective application of criminal law mechanics in human rights protection : the function of criminal prosecution in contemporary criminal justice systems --Preface.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-572) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Procedural Obligation in the Multi-layered Structure of Human Rights -- Obligation to Investigate and Prosecute Human Rights Offences in International Human Rights Law -- Obligation to Investigate and Prosecute Human Rights Offences under the ECHR -- The Concept of Procedural Obligation in Practical Legal Reasoning -- Conceptualising Variances: The Right-claim to Effective Application of Criminal-law Mechanisms and the Public Prerogative of Criminal Prosecution -- Optimising Variances: Differentiation of the Human Rights Element in the Charging Process -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Prosecuting Human Rights Offences: Rethinking the Sword Function of Human Rights Law the author explores and explains the extent to which the features of the procedural obligation to investigate, prosecute and punish criminal attacks on human rights determine the contemporary understanding of the function of criminal prosecution. The author provides an innovative and thought-provoking account of



the highly topical and largely unexplored topic of the sword function of human rights law. The book contains the first comprehensive and holistic analysis of the procedural obligation to investigate and prosecute human rights offences in the law of the European Convention on Human Rights, which the author puts in the general perspectives of human rights law and criminal procedure.