From human rights to international criminal law : : studies in honour of an African jurist, the late Judge Laity Kama = Des droits de l'homme au droit international penal : etudes en l'honneur d'un juriste africain, feu le juge Laity Kama / / edited by / sous la direction de Emmanuel Decaux, Adama Dieng , and Malick Sow.

• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff eBook titles 2007
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (784 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Judge Laïty Kama, the first president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, died 5 years ago. He was a Senegalese Judge, and a Human Rights expert within the United Nations. This collection of essays on international criminal law and human rights is published to honour him. They are sig...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Emmanuel Decaux , Adama Dieng and Malick Sow
• Avant-propos / Emmanuel Decaux , Adama Dieng and Malick Sow
• En Mémoire De Laïty Kama / Louis Joinet
• Hommage À Laïty Kama / Cécile Aptel and Mandiaye Nane Niang
• Judge Laïty Kama: Five Cases to Develop International Criminal Law / Helen Klann and Phillipa McKenzie
• State Cooperation and Its Challenges for the International Criminal / Tribunal for Rwanda
• The Protection of Human Rights of the Accused before the International by Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda / Emmanuel Decaux , Adama Dieng and Malick Sow
• Vagueness of Indictment: Rules to Safeguard the Rights of the Accused / Helen Klann
• The Right to Legal Assistance at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: a Review of Its Jurisprudence / Simon M. Meisenberg
• Concurrent Jurisdiction at the ICTR: Should the Tribunal Refer Cases to Rwanda? / Alhagi Marong , Charles Chernor Jalloh and David Kinnecome
• The Rwanda Tribunal and Genocide / Lennart Aspegren and Jamie a. Williamson
• Les Crimes De Guerre Dans La Jurisprudence Du Tribunal Pénal International Pour Le Rwanda: Les Difficultés D’une \'Toute Première Tentative\' / Cyril Laucci
• La Spécificité Du Crime De Viol / Andrésia Vaz
• The Prosecutor volume Laurent Semanza, Case No. ICTR-97-20, Judgement, Trial Chamber (15 May 2003). A Commentary / Coline Rapneau
• Superior or Command Responsibility: a Doubtful Theory of Criminal Responsibility at the Ad Hoc Tribunals / Chile Eboe-Osuji
• Countdown to 2010: a Critical Overview of the Completion Strategy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) / Jean-Pelé Fomété
• Gender and Sexual Violence under the Rome Statute / Fatou Bensouda
• The Raison D’être of the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court / Claude Jorda and Marianne Saracco
• Challenges of Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes / Hassan B. Jallow
• The Convergence of the Common Law and Inquisitorial Systems in International Criminal Law / Althea Alexis
• Prohibition against Subsequent Prosecution: Periscoping the Non Bis in Idem Principle / Segun Jegede
• La Frontière Entre Droit International Humanitaire Et Droits De L’homme / Flavia Lattanzi
• Independence and Impartiality of the International Criminal Judiciary / William a. Schabas
• Revisiting the Abu Graibh Prosecutions from the Perspective of the (ICTY) and the (ICTR) by Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops / Emmanuel Decaux , Adama Dieng and Malick Sow
• International Law, Mercenary Activities and Conflict Prevention in Africa / Adama Dieng and Chile Eboe-Osuji
• Les Négociations De Paix En Afrique / Mutoy Mubiala
• Addressing Impunity: a Challenge to the International Criminal Justice System with a Specific Reference to Africa and the African Human Rights / Bahame Tom Nyanduga
• Le Protocole À La Charte Africaine Des Droits De Lhomme Et Des Peuples Relatif Aux Droits Des Femmes En Afrique : Une Contribution Spécifique Dun Traité Régional Au Droit International Des Droits De Lhomme / Ângela Melo
• Law and Time: an Essay / Sergei Alekseevich Egorov
• Women and Human Rights in the Asia/Pacific Region: a Perspective from South Asia / Khalida Rachid Khan.