Overview
- Addresses the role of developed democracies in domestic accountability mechanisms
- Provides legal and policy recommendations based on recent analysis of UK law and practice
- An example of detailed context on national systems relevant to ICC complementarity assessments
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- human rights
- international law
- criminal law
- rights violations
- ECHR
- jurisdiction
- humanitarian law
- jus cogens
- United Nations
- military law
- human rights
- military justice
- civilian justice
- military misconduct
- domestic acountability
- legal and policy recommendations
- ICC complementarity assessments
- British Politics
About this book
This book examines the UK approach to investigating international crimes and serious human rights violations. In 2010, the United Nations Secretary General referred to the emerging system of international justice, including the creation of the International Criminal Court, as the ‘Age of Accountability.’ However, the UK has sometimes struggled to comply with its international law obligations. Using examples from the post-World War II period to 2018, interviews with leading UK military lawyers and newly disclosed official documents, this work explains the legal duties, how the UK military and civilian justice systems investigate alleged military misconduct and highlights the challenges involved. It provides suggestions on strengthening domestic law and policy and its importance for the UK’s legitimacy as an exporter of rule of law expertise. This text is essential reading for practitioners, academics, government officials and students of international, criminal, humanitarian orhuman rights law.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Susan L. Kemp is a lawyer specialising in international criminal law and human rights, and a former war crimes investigator. She was a member of the first UN Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: British Justice, War Crimes and Human Rights Violations
Book Subtitle: The Age of Accountability
Authors: Susan L. Kemp
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14113-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14112-7Published: 09 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14115-8Published: 09 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14113-4Published: 26 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 488
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: British Politics, Human Rights, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , International Criminal Law