Punishing Atrocities through a Fair Trial

International Criminal Law from Nuremberg to the Age of Global Terrorism

AvJonathan Hafetz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Over the past decades, international criminal law has evolved to become the operative norm for addressing the worst atrocities. Tribunals have conducted hundreds of trials addressing mass violence in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and other countries to bring to justice perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. But international courts have struggled to hold perpetrators accountable for these offenses while still protecting the fair trial rights of defendants. Punishing Atrocities through a Fair Trial explores this tension, from criticism of the Nuremberg Trials as 'victor's justice' to the accusations of political motivations clouding prosecutions today by the International Criminal Court. It explains why international criminal law must adhere to transparent principles of legality and due process to ensure its future as a legitimate and viable legal regime.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-19
Mått:157 x 235 x 14 mm
Vikt:410 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:202
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107094550

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Jonathan Hafetz is Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law.

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'Jonathan Hafetz has produced a deeply impressive analysis of the likely irreducible tension between fairness and accountability that characterizes trials for international crimes. At once historical, theoretical, critical - and above all deeply learned - the book should prove to be standard reading for years to come.' Kevin Jon Heller, University of Amsterdam

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Introduction; 1. Creating the template: Nuremberg and the post-World War II international prosecutions; 2. International criminal law's revival and the challenges of implementation; 3. The creation of a permanent international criminal court; 4. Procedure and fairness in a decentralized system; 5. The selectivity challenge in international criminal law; 6. Achieving accountability and fairness: a window into the recurring debate over treating terrorism as an international crime; Concluding remarks.