Unimaginable atrocities : justice, politics, and rights at the war crimes tribunals /

As international criminal courts and tribunals have proliferated and international criminal law is increasingly seen as a key tool for bringing the world's worst perpetrators to account, the controversies surrounding the international trials of war criminals have grown. War crimes tribunals hav...

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Main Author: Schabas, William, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
Edition:1st ed
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Table of Contents:
  • "Unimaginable atrocities" : identifying international crimes
  • Nullum crimen sine lege
  • Victors' justice? : selecting targets for prosecution
  • The genocide mystique
  • Mens rea, actus reus, and the role of the state
  • History, international justice, and the right to truth
  • No peace without justice? : the amnesty quandary
  • Crimes against peace