International justice against impunity : progress and new challenges /

International justice against impunity : progress and new challenges / / Yves Beigbeder.

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This volume reviews the achievements and limitations of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the creation of mixed national/international courts: the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Cambodia Tribunal. The major, unexpected and promising judiciary inno...

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Beigbeder, Yves.
Year of Publication:2005
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 p.)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • FOREWORD
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals
  • The Human Rights Regime
  • The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
  • Mixed National/International Tribunals
  • The International Criminal Court
  • Friends and Foes of the Court
  • The International Court of Justice and International Criminal Tribunals
  • Notes
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • LIST OF PRESENTATIONS
  • 1 THE WEAKNESSES OF NATIONAL JUSTICE
  • Selected Countries and Responsible Leaders
  • North Korea: Kim Jong II
  • Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile Mariam
  • Uganda: Idi Amin Dada Oumee
  • Indonesia: Generals Suharto and Wiranto
  • Military Regimes in Latin America
  • Chile: Augusto Pinochet
  • Progress in Argentina
  • Progress in Mexico
  • Criminal Justice in Democratic Countries
  • French amnesties and amnesia
  • The US in Vietnam: unwilling military justice
  • Justice denied: the Guantanamo detainees
  • The position of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  • The Third Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949
  • Military commissions
  • Releases from Guantanamo
  • Authorized torture revealed
  • The Supreme Court decisions of 28 June 2004
  • Assessment
  • A Test Case: the Trial of Saddam Hussein
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 2 UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION
  • Implementation of the Principle
  • Crimes under International Law Subject to Universal Jurisdiction
  • War crimes
  • Crimes against humanity
  • Genocide
  • Apartheid
  • Torture
  • Universal Jurisdiction at the National Level
  • Belgium
  • Spain
  • Canada
  • USA
  • France
  • Universal Jurisdiction: a Flawed Doctrine?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 3 THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
  • Common Traits between the Two Generations of Tribunals
  • Differences between the Two Generations of Tribunals.
  • The Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia
  • Creation of the ICTY
  • The objectives of the Tribunal
  • Mandate and structure
  • Budget and staffing
  • The Work of the Tribunal
  • A new strategy
  • Plea-bargaining
  • 'Big fish' before the Tribunal
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Cooperation by governments
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 4 THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA
  • The Context
  • Mandate and Structure
  • Budget and staffing
  • The removal of Carla del Ponte
  • Rwanda's Relations with the Tribunal
  • The Tribunal's Performance
  • A slow process
  • The Tribunal's strategy
  • Achievements
  • Enforcement of sentences
  • National Justice
  • The gacaca courts
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 5 MIXED NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS
  • Sierra Leone's Special Court
  • Historical background
  • The creation of an independent Special Court
  • The Statute of the Court
  • The Court's beginnings
  • The Court's decisions in 2004
  • Relationship with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  • Assessment
  • The Delayed Trial of the Khmer Rouge Leaders
  • Historical background
  • The first political trials
  • Towards a mixed national-international tribunal
  • The Agreement
  • Recent developments
  • Assessment
  • East Timor (now Timor Leste): the Serious Crimes Unit
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 6 THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
  • The Origins
  • The Rome Statute
  • Status of the Court
  • Structure of the Court
  • The crimes
  • Prosecution
  • Limitations of the Court's powers
  • Rights of the accused
  • Rights of victims and witnesses
  • Reparations
  • Penalties
  • Cooperation with states
  • Financing the Court
  • Signatures and ratifications
  • Amendments and Review of the Statute
  • The Preparatory Commission for the ICC
  • Building the Court
  • The first session of the Assembly of States Parties
  • The second session of the Assembly of States Parties.
  • The third session of the Assembly of the States Parties
  • The First Referrals of Situations
  • Uganda
  • The Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Central African Republic
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 7 FRIENDS AND FOES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
  • Friends of the Court
  • Friendly states
  • UN organizations and secretariat heads
  • European Union
  • Parliamentarian groups and other regional organizations
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Other non-governmental organizations
  • The USA, Russia and China
  • The American crusade against the Court
  • Bilateral agreements
  • Opposition to the Bilateral Agreements
  • The Security Council resolutions
  • US objections to the ICC - and rebuttal
  • Will Russia ratify the Statute?
  • China's tacit opposition
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 8 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
  • Issues in the Tadic Case
  • Concurrent Procedures before the ICJ and the International Criminal Tribunals
  • The Genocide Convention
  • Non-conflictual Issues and Decisions
  • Criminal responsibility of senior officials
  • The binding force of international tribunals' judgments
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 9 CONCLUSION
  • International Justice
  • The first generation of international criminal tribunals: Nuremberg and Tokyo
  • The second generation: Yugoslavia and Rwanda
  • The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (lCTY)
  • The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
  • The mixed national-international tribunals
  • The International Criminal Court
  • Notes
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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