04011oam 2200661I 450 991079265390332120230810001651.090-04-33776-810.1163/9789004337763(CKB)3710000001009193(MiAaPQ)EBC4790434(OCoLC)961003430(OCoLC)961155347(nllekb)BRILL9789004337763(EXLCZ)99371000000100919320161101d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierProsecuting human rights offences rethinking the sword function of human rights law /by Kresimir KamberLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2017]1 online resource (598 pages) illustrationsInternational criminal law series ;v. 11Based 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.90-04-33775-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-572) and index.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.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.International Criminal Law Series11.ProsecutionDecision makingLiability for human rights violationsHuman rightsCriminal provisionsVictims of crimesCivil rightsInternational and municipal lawHuman rightsCriminal provisionsfastInternational and municipal lawfastLiability for human rights violationsfastProsecutionDecision makingfastVictims of crimesCivil rightsfastProsecutionDecision making.Liability for human rights violations.Human rightsCriminal provisions.Victims of crimesCivil rights.International and municipal law.Human rightsCriminal provisions.International and municipal law.Liability for human rights violations.ProsecutionDecision making.Victims of crimesCivil rights.341.4/8Kamber Krešimir1530645NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910792653903321Prosecuting human rights offences3775836UNINA