Jurisdiction, Immunity and Transnational Human Rights Litigation - Human rights litigation

Taking a public international law law perspective, this book examines various issues and difficulties faced by human rights advocates in their effort to seek redress transnationally for victims of human rights abuses.

List of contents

1. The Problems of Transnational Human Rights Litigation 2. The Notion of Universal Jurisdiction 3. Individual Criminal Liability under International Law 4. State Immunity and Criminal Proceedings 5. Immunity of State Officials 6. International Crimes and the Defence of State Immunity 7. Jus Cogens and the Question of Immunity

About the author

Dr Xiaodong Yang is a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Summary

Taking a public international law law perspective, this book examines various issues and difficulties faced by human rights advocates in their effort to seek redress transnationally for victims of human rights abuses.

Product details

• Authors: Xiaodong Yang, Xiaodong (University of Aberdeen Yang, Yang Xiaodong
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.01.2027
• EAN: 9780415666381
• ISBN: 978-0-415-66638-1
• Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law; Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / General, LAW / International, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues