Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams.
1997
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Title
Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : beyond the Nuremberg legacy / Steven R. Ratner, Jason S. Abrams.
Published
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Call Number
JX6731.H9 R189 1997
ISBN
0198265506 (hardbound)
Description
xxxv, 368 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)36798520
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-360) and index.
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Beyond the Nuremberg legacy
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations and Shorthand Forms in Footnotes
Table of Authorities
Introduction
1
Individual Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Historical and Legal Underpinnings
3
2
Genocide and the Imperfections of Codification
24
3
Crimes Against Humanity and the Inexactitude of Custom
45
4
War Crimes and the Limitations of Accountability for Acts in Armed Conflict
78
5
Other Abuses Incurring Individual Responsibility Under International Law
104
6
Expanding and Contracting Culpability: Related Crimes, Defenses, and Other Barriers to Criminality
118
7
Mechanisms for Accountability: Framing the Issues
133
8
The Forum of First Resort: National Tribunals
139
9
The Progeny of Nuremberg: International Criminal Tribunals
162
10
Non-Prosecutorial Options: Investigatory Commissions, Civil Suits, and Immigration Measures
193
11
Developing the Case: Comments on Evidence and Judicial Assistance
216
12
The Khmer Rouge Rule Over Cambodia: A Historical Overview
229
13
Applying the Law
243
14
Engaging the Mechanisms
266
15
Striving for Justice: The Prospects for Individual Accountability
291
App. 1
Charter of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
306
App. 2
Allied Control Council Law No. 10
308
App. 3
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
310
App. 4
Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
311
App. 5
Geneva Convetion (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
312
App. 6
Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
313
App. 7
Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
313
App. 8
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
313
App. 9
Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
314
App. 10
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
315
App. 11
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
316
App. 12
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
317
App. 13
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
319
App. 14
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
321
App. 15
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
321
App. 16
Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia Since 1991
322
App. 17
Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda
328
App. 18
International Law Commission Draft Statute for an International Criminal Court
329
App. 19
International Law Commission Draft Code of Crimes Against the Peace and Security of Mankind
336
App. 20
United States Alien Tort Claims Act
340
App. 21
United States Torture Victim Protection Act
340
Bibliography
341
Index
361