From sovereign impunity to international accountability : the search for justice in a world of states

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From sovereign impunity to international accountability : the search for justice in a world of states

edited by Ramesh Thakur and Peter Malcontent

United Nations University Press, 2004

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • 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

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This publication examines international criminal liability, crimes against humanity and the role of the international criminal courts, and 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

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