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Title

Judging criminal leaders : the slow erosion of impunity / written by Yves Beigbeder ; foreword by Theo van Boven.

Author

Beigbeder, Yves.

Publication

The Hague ; New York : M. Nijhoff Pub. ; Norwell, MA, USA : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Kluwer Law International, c2002.

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Description

xi, 229 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In spite of the Geneva and Hague Conventions of the late nineteenth century, the twentieth century has been a century of massacres and genocides: the massacres due to European colonialism and two World Wars, the Holocaust, the Armenian and the Rwanda genocides, the casualties caused by the Communist utopias in the USSR, China and Cambodia, and numerous civil wars. Most of the leaders mainly responsible for these massacres and genocides have enjoyed impunity. However, there is a slow popular awakening to the fact that leaders should be accountable for their crimes. A human rights regime was created after World War II, and international criminal law has taken root with the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals, and, in the 1990s, with the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. In 1998, the Statute for an International Criminal Court was adopted, while the arrest of former dictator Pinochet in London created both a political storm and a judiciary advance. The "Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction" have been publicized in an effort to strengthen the application of international law in national legal systems. In Sierra Leone, a mixed national/international court is being set up to try criminal leaders. This unique volume offers the reader an overview of the various models which are emerging to ensure that criminal leaders and their collaborators are made accountable for their schemes and actions, and clearly illustrates how national, international, and mixed national/international tribunals are slowly eroding the impunity of criminal leaders"--Unedited summary from book cover.

Series Statement

Nijhoff law specials ; v. 55

Uniform Title

Nijhoff law specials ; 55.

Subject

• War crime trials
• International criminal courts
• Criminal liability
• War criminals
• Trials (Genocide)
• Trials (Crimes against humanity)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The twentieth century : massacres and genocides -- 2. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia -- 3. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda -- 4. The International Criminal Court -- 5. The Pinochet effect -- 6. Mixed national/international tribunals -- 7. Conclusion.

ISBN

9041118152

OCLC

52477531

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library