Judging war crimes and torture : French justice and international criminal tribunals and commissions (1940-2005) /

Judging war crimes and torture : French justice and international criminal tribunals and commissions (1940-2005) / / by Yves Beigbeder.

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Even democracies commit war crimes. France, like other democracies, has not always kept up to the high standards expected from the „homeland of human rights”. Its colonial past shows that what it termed its “civilizing mission” was tainted with military, economic and religious abuses, denounced by a...

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Beigbeder, Yves.
Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Nijhoff eBook titles 2006
Physical Description:1 online resource (402 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Chapter 1. French Democracy and Justice
  • Chapter 2. French Colonialism
  • Chapter 3. The French Vietnam War (19461954)
  • Chapter 4. Madagascar: Revolt and Repression 19471948
  • Chapter 5. French Algeria: the Dirty War (19541962)
  • Chapter 6. Vichys Regime, Legislation and Justice
  • Chapter 7. Post-Liberation Myth, Purge and Trials
  • Chapter 8. From Barbie to Papon
  • Chapter 9. The Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals
  • Chapter 10. The Genocide in Rwanda
  • Chapter 11. Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia
  • Chapter 12. The International Criminal Court
  • Chapter 13. Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Index.

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