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Forging a convention for crimes against humanity / edited by Leila Nadya Sadat.

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"Crimes against humanity were one of the three crimes elaborated in the Nuremberg Charter. However, unlike genocide and war crimes, they were never set out in a comprehensive international convention. This book represents an effort to complete the Nuremberg legacy by filling this gap. It contai...

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Other Authors: Sadat, Leila Nadya (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Edition:First paperback edition 2013.
Subjects:
Crimes against humanity.
Law.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: the Crimes against Humanity Initiative
  • Crimes against humanity and the responsibility to protect / Gareth Evans, keynote address delivered June 11, 2009
  • History of efforts to codify crimes against humanity : from the Charter of Nuremberg to the Statute of Rome / Roger S. Clark
  • The universal repression of crimes against humanity before national jurisdictions : the need for a treaty-based obligation to prosecute / Payam Akhavan
  • Revisiting the architecture of crimes against humanity : almost a century in the making, with gaps and ambiguities remaining--the need for a specialized convention / M. Cherif Bassiouni
  • The bright red thread : the politics of international criminal law--do we want peace or justice? the West African experience / David M. Crane
  • Gender-based crimes against humanity / Valerie Oosterveld
  • 'Chapeau elements' of crimes against humanity in the jurisprudence of the UN ad hoc tribunals / Göran Sluiter
  • The definition of crimes against humanity and the question of a 'policy' element / Guénaël Mettraux
  • Ethnic cleansing as euphemism, metaphor, criminology, and law / John Hagan and Todd Haugh
  • Immunities and amnesties / Diane Orentlicher
  • Modes of participation / Elies van Sliedregt
  • Terrorism and crimes against humanity / Michael P. Scharf and Michael A. Newton
  • Crimes against humanity and the International Criminal Court / Kai Ambos
  • Crimes against humanity and the responsibility to protect / David Scheffer
  • Re-enforcing enforcement in a specialized convention on crimes against humanity : inter-state cooperation, mutual legal assistance, and the Aut Dedere Aut Judicare obligation / Laura M. Olson
  • Why the world needs an international convention on crimes against humanity / Gregory H. Stanton
  • Appendice I. International convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity
  • Appendice II. Convention internationale pour la prévention et la répression des crimes contre l'humanité
  • Appendice III. A comprehensive history of the international convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.

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