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EBOOK Prosecuting Serious Human Rights Violations
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191610004
EAN: 0331FCCAEB
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Stron: 364
Data wydania: 2009
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Criminal punishment is increasingly seen as a necessary element of human rights        protection. There is a growing conviction at the international level that those        responsible for the most serious crimes should not go unpunished. Although there is        a wealth of legal writing on international criminal law, an extensive analysis is        still needed of the questions why and to what extent criminal prosecution is a        necessary means of human rights protection at the domestic level. This book is        thefirst to examine comprehensively the duty to prosecute serious human rights        violations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the        American and European Conventions on Human Rights, and customary international law.          It does so by exploring the phenomena of impunity andamnesties. These issues are        particularly relevant for post-conflict situations in which it is often argued that        criminal punishment threatens peace and reconciliation. The question of how to deal        with post-conflict justice under international human rights law is therefore a        continuing theme throughout the book.Apart from post-conflict justice the text also        considers the relevance of criminal measures in times of peace by exposing flaws in        the criminal legislation and in the conduct of criminal procedure. With its survey        of the relevant human rights instruments and jurisprudence, Prosecuting Serious        Human Rights Violations is placed at the interface of international criminal law and        international human rights. The book analyses the rapidly growing body of human        rights case law, dealing withcriminalization, prosecution and punishment of serious        human rights violations. It identifies and critically examines the standards for the        conduct of criminal proceedings developed by the European and Inter-American Courts        of Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Committee, providing a unique reference        toolfor scholars and practitioners working in this area of law. It also describes        the standards for criminal law under the Conventions Against Genocide, Torture, and        Enforced Disappearances.As the analysis of pertinent case law reveals shortcomings        in the current conceptualization of the prosecution of human rights violations, the        author develops a solid theoretical framework for future jurisprudence. By        evaluating the relationship between criminal law and the protection of human rights,        the book elucidates not only the potential but also the limits of the role human        rights law can play in the emerging concept of international criminal        justice.

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