Accountability for Atrocities: National and International Responses (International and Comparative Criminal Law Series)

Stromseth, Jane E.

ISBN 10: 1571052798 / ISBN 13: 9781571052797

Published by Transnational, 2003

About this Item

Transnational, 2003. Hard cover, first edition. Has highlighting or marginal notes on half a dozen pages only, otherwise VG condition with no dust jacket, as issued.

Seller Inventory # SKU1077294

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Accountability for Atrocities: National and International Responses (International and Comparative Criminal Law Series)
• Publisher: Transnational
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571052798
• ISBN 13: 9781571052797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 34 ounces

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Synopsis

This book examines critical challenges in achieving accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, focussing in particular on the relationship between national and international accountability mechanisms in pursuing key goals over the past decade.

The essays in this volume provide an in-depth look at the goals and mechanisms of accountability in a variety of cases: the former Yugoslavia; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Cambodia; Argentina and El Salvador; East Timor and Indonesia; and Belgium's prosecution of war crimes under its universal jurisdiction law. By analyzing the goals pursued in each case, the relationship between domestic and international mechanisms, the relative emphasis on criminal and non-criminal forms of accountability, and the effectiveness of the chosen approaches, this volume offers important lessons for the ICC and highlights the continuing need for innovative forms of international assistance to advance specific accountability goals in particular countries.

Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

About the Author

Jane Stromseth is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, and a former director for Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council.