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International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Wolfgang Kaleck

    1. Berlin, Germany

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  2. Michael Ratner

    1. Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, USA

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  3. Tobias Singelnstein

    1. Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  4. Peter Weiss

    1. Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, USA

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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  3. Developments in Law and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Prosecuting International Crimes at the National and International Level: Between Justice and Realpolitik

      • Kai Ambos
      Pages 55-68

    3. Addressing the Relationship between State Immunity and Jus Cogens Norms: A Comparative Assessment

      • Lorna McGregor
      Pages 69-84

    4. Universal Jurisdiction: Developing and Implementing an Effective Global Strategy

      • Christopher Keith Hall
      Pages 85-92

    5. German International Criminal Law in Practice: From Leipzig to Karlsruhe

      • Wolfgang Kaleck
      Pages 93-112

    6. The Pinochet Effect and the Spanish Contribution to Universal Jurisdiction

      • Naomi Roht-Arriaza
      Pages 113-123

    7. Implementing the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction in France

      • Jeanne Sulzer
      Pages 125-137

    8. The Political Funeral Procession for the Belgian UJ Statute

      • Michael Verhaeghe
      Pages 139-147

    9. The Approach of the United Kingdom to Crimes under International Law: The Application of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

      • Carla Ferstman
      Pages 149-158

    10. Coming to Terms with Genocide in Rwanda: The Role of International and National Justice

      • Dieter Magsam
      Pages 159-165

  4. The “War on Terror” in Particular

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Military Necessity, Torture, and the Criminality of Lawyers

      • Scott Horton
      Pages 169-183

    3. The Prohibition of Torture: Absolute Means Absolute

      • Nigel S. Rodley
      Pages 185-200

    4. Litigating Guantánamo

      • Michael Ratner
      Pages 201-211
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1 In his separate opinion in the Nuclear Weapons case, Judge Mohammed Bed- oui, then the President of the International Court of Justice, called nuclear we- ons “the absolute evil. ” There are a few other things which merit being called - solutely evil. They are the predicates of the International Criminal Court and of various domestic laws patterned on the Rome Statute: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and aggression. A conference organized by the Berlin-based Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein (Republican Lawyers As- ciation) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights was held in Berlin in June 2005 under the title Globalverfassung versus Realpolitik (Global Constitution versus Realpolitik). It dealt with the tension between these univ- sally accepted norms and the actual practice of governments in an age charact- ized by the ill-defined concept of the “war on terror. ” This book is the outcome of that conference. It is intended for a wide variety of readers: academics, all kinds of jurists, as well as human rights activists, who sometimes know more about the applicable law than the legal experts. It owes its existence to a paradox: On the one hand, new structures for dealing with the most serious international crimes are being put into place.

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"The volume is a collection of essays that investigate current developments in the prosecution of human rights crimes on the national and international levels. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (E. W. Webking, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (2), 2007)

"A timely and informative book that aims to assist a wide variety of readers interested in this area of law: academics, jurists, practitioners and human rights activists. … The book contains very interesting and valuable information on the theory and practice of international justice. … this book is essential reading for anyone who is generally interested in the relationship between law and politics at the international level and, in particular, in employing and/or analysing the use of international criminal law to enforce human rights." (Gabriela Echeverria, Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 8 (3), 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Berlin, Germany

    Wolfgang Kaleck

  • Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, USA

    Michael Ratner, Peter Weiss

  • Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Tobias Singelnstein

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