Atrocities and international accountability [electronic resource] : beyond transitional justice / edited by Edel Hughes, William A. Schabas and Ramesh Thakur.
by
 
Hughes, Edel.

ISBN
9789280871104
 
9781281253071

Title
Atrocities and international accountability [electronic resource] : beyond transitional justice / edited by Edel Hughes, William A. Schabas and Ramesh Thakur.

Author
Hughes, Edel.

Publication Information
New York : United Nations University Press, 2007.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : illustrations

Contents
How to come to terms with the past / Peter R. Baehr -- Does power trump morality? reconciliation or transitional justice? / Rama Mani -- Transitional justice and conflict termination : Mozambique, Rwanda and South Africa assessed / Helena Cobban -- All the truth but only some justice? dilemmas of dealing with the past in new democracies / Jorge Heine -- East Timor's search for justice, reconciliation and dignity / Jeff Kingston -- No substitute for sovereignty : why international criminal justice has a bleak future and deserves it / Jeremy Rabkin -- Dancing with the devil : prosecuting West Africa's warlords : current lessons learned and challenges / David M. Crane -- The development of prosecutorial discretion in international criminal courts / Matthew Brubacher -- Alternatives to prosecution : the case of Rwanda / Gerald Gahima -- Independence and impartiality of the international judiciary : some lessons learned, and some ignored / William A. Schabas -- Impartiality deficit and international criminal judging / Diane Marie Amann -- The effect of amnesties before domestic and international tribunals : morality, law and politics / Leila Nadya Sadat -- Trading justice for peace : the contemporary law and policy debate / Michael P. Scharf -- Concluding remarks : the questions that still remain / William A. Schabas and Ramesh Thakur.

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Subject Term
Crimes against humanity.
 
Criminal liability.
 
Atrocities.
 
Truth commissions.
 
Reconciliation -- Political aspects.

Added Author
Hughes, Edel.
 
Schabas, William, 1950-
 
Thakur, Ramesh Chandra, 1948-

Format
Electronic Resources

Electronic Access
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Publication Date
2007

Publication Information
New York : United Nations University Press, 2007.


Shelf NumberMaterial TypeCopyShelf LocationStatus
345.0235 221:E-BOOK11:ONLINEAvailable for online access and/or download