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

Even democracies commit war crimes. France has long ignored its colonial crimes, only denounced by a few courageous opponents and revealed in trials. France is not the only democracy to have violated international humanitarian law. However, these violations must be exposed, so that they are not repe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beigbeder, Yves
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • French democracy and justice
  • French colonialism
  • The French Vietnam War (1946-1954)
  • Madagascar : revolt and repression (1947-1948)
  • French Algeria : the "dirty war" (1954-1962)
  • Vichy's regime, legislation, and justice
  • Post-liberation myth, purge, and trials
  • From Barbie to Papon
  • The Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals
  • The genocide in Rwanda
  • Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia
  • The International Criminal Court.