International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes

ISBN-13: 9783540366485 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 234 str.

Wolfgang Kaleck; Michael Ratner; Tobias Singelnstein

Opis

1 In his separate opinion in the Nuclear Weapons case, Judge Mohammed Bed- oui, then the President of the International Court of Justice, called nuclear we- ons the absolute evil. There are a few other things which merit being called - solutely evil. They are the predicates of the International Criminal Court and of various domestic laws patterned on the Rome Statute: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and aggression. A conference organized by the Berlin-based Republikanischer Anwaltinnen- und Anwalteverein (Republican Lawyers As- ciation) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights was held in Berlin in June 2005 under the title Globalverfassung versus Realpolitik (Global Constitution versus Realpolitik). It dealt with the tension between these univ- sally accepted norms and the actual practice of governments in an age charact- ized by the ill-defined concept of the war on terror. This book is the outcome of that conference. It is intended for a wide variety of readers: academics, all kinds of jurists, as well as human rights activists, who sometimes know more about the applicable law than the legal experts. It owes its existence to a paradox: On the one hand, new structures for dealing with the most serious international crimes are being put into place."

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"The volume is a collection of essays that investigate current developments in the prosecution of human rights crimes on the national and international levels. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (E. W. Webking, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (2), 2007)

"A timely and informative book that aims to assist a wide variety of readers interested in this area of law: academics, jurists, practitioners and human rights activists. ... The book contains very interesting and valuable information on the theory and practice of international justice. ... this book is essential reading for anyone who is generally interested in the relationship between law and politics at the international level and, in particular, in employing and/or analysing the use of international criminal law to enforce human rights." (Gabriela Echeverria, Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 8 (3), 2008)

Spis treści

Fundamental Questions.- Protection of Human Rights by Means of Criminal Law: On the Relationship between Criminal Law and Politics.- Global Constitutional Struggles: Human Rights between colère publique and colère politique.- The Future of Universal Jurisdiction.- On the Aims and Actual Consequences of International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes.- Developments in Law and Practice.- Prosecuting International Crimes at the National and International Level: Between Justice and Realpolitik.- Addressing the Relationship between State Immunity and Jus Cogens Norms: A Comparative Assessment.- Universal Jurisdiction: Developing and Implementing an Effective Global Strategy.- German International Criminal Law in Practice: From Leipzig to Karlsruhe.- The Pinochet Effect and the Spanish Contribution to Universal Jurisdiction.- Implementing the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction in France.- The Political Funeral Procession for the Belgian UJ Statute.- The Approach of the United Kingdom to Crimes under International Law: The Application of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.- Coming to Terms with Genocide in Rwanda: The Role of International and National Justice.- The “War on Terror” in Particular.- Military Necessity, Torture, and the Criminality of Lawyers.- The Prohibition of Torture: Absolute Means Absolute.- Litigating Guantánamo.- Universality, Complementarity, and the Duty to Prosecute Crimes Under International Law in Germany.

O autorze

Tobias Singelnstein ist Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Kriminologie, Jugendstrafrecht und Strafvollzug am Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin. Wolfgang Kaleck, geb. 1960, ist Rechtsanwalt in Berlin, Mitbegründer und Generalsekretär der juristischen Menschenrechtsorganisation European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights e.V. (ECCHR). Im Jahr 2014 wurde er für sein beharrliches und unerschrockenes Engagement für die Opfer staatlicher Gewalt mit dem Hermann-Kesten-Preis des deutschen PEN-Zentrums ausgezeichnet.