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Amnesty for crime in international law and practice.
A comprehensive study of the relationship between municipal amnesty laws and developing principles of international criminal law. This book pursues a path towards defining criteria for reconciling these two delicate fields of transitional justice. It concludes with a concrete proposal for the intern...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; Table of Treaties and Other Agreements; Table of Amnesty Laws and Decrees; Table of Cases; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Practice of Amnesty: Its Emergence, Development and Rational; 1. The emergence of the practice of amnesty; 2. Development of the use of amnesty; A. European Wars; B. Non-European Conflicts; C. Civil Wars; D. Modern Practice; 3. Rationale; 4. The current phase of development: The International legal question; Chapter 3: National Amnesty Laws; 1. Introduction; 2. Amnesty Laws in Africa; A. Uganda's amnesty law.
- B. Amnesty in South AfricaC. South African decisions on the validity of amnesty; 3. The Latin Amnesty Laws; A. Argentina; B. Chile; C. El Salvador; D. Uruguay; E. Latin American regional jurisprudence on the legality of municipal amnesty laws; 4. Other examples of national amnesty laws; 5. Understanding transitional justice: From amnesty to legal liability; Chapter 4: The Rationale of Legal Liability and Amnesty; 1. Introduction; 2. The rationale of criminal liability culminating in Punishment; 3. Weighing the justifications of punishment and amnesty; 4. The rationale of civil actions.
- 5. Weighing the justifications of amnesty and civil Liability6. Conclusion; Chapter 5: Opting for Prosecution or Amnesty in a System of General Relativity; 1. Introduction; 2. Prosecution before national courts; 3. The Nuremberg and Tokyo International Military tribunals; 4. The international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; A. The basis for the establishment of ad hoc Tribunals; B. The jurisdiction of the tribunals; C. Crimes within the purview of the jurisdiction of the tribunals; D. International co-operation and judicial Assistance.
- E. The power of the tribunals to give effect to a national amnesty lawF. Future ad hoc tribunals; 5. The international criminal court; A. The legal basis of the courts jurisdiction and amnesty; B. The co-operation of a state in relation to an amnestied accused; C. Crimes under the courts jurisdiction; 6. Conclusion; Chapter 6: Prosecution Pursuant to International Humanitarian Law Treaties; 1. The origin and scope of the right to prosecute for Violations of the law of armed conflict; 2. An obligation to ensure the prosecution of violations of the laws of armed conflict.
- 3. The obligation to prosecute in non-international armed conflicts4. The treatment of humanitarian law by the South African Cape Provincial Division; 5. The treatment of humanitarian law by the South African Constitutional Court; 6. Conclusion; Chapter 7: Addressing Impunity through Human Rights Treaties and Related Instruments; 1. Introduction; 2. The obligation to promote human rights; 3. The obligation to secure the protection of human rights; 4. The right to an effective remedy; 5. Limitations on the right to and obligation of judicial protection.