International Criminal Tribunals - Justice and Politics

Informationen zum Autor YVES BEIGBEDER served at the Nuremberg Tribunal in 1946. After a long career as a senior official in UN organizations, he lectured on international law and organizations for UNITAR in Geneva, Switzerland and various other European and North American universities. He is a member of the European Society of International Law and the Academic Council on the UN System. Klappentext The book summarizes the work of international criminal courts focusing on the political challenges faced by them. It is a practical, comprehensive manual on the origin and development of international criminal justice and includes the criminal tribunals of Nuremberg, Tokyo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Lebanon, Iraq. Zusammenfassung The book summarizes the work of international criminal courts focusing on the political challenges faced by them. It is a practical! comprehensive manual on the origin and development of international criminal justice and includes the criminal tribunals of Nuremberg! Tokyo! Yugoslavia! Rwanda! East Timor! Sierra Leone! Cambodia! Lebanon! Iraq. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Pioneers: The Nuremberg and Tokyo Military Tribunals PART I: THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda PART II: THE MIXED NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COURTS Special Panels for Serious Crimes in Dili, East Timor (now Timor-Leste) The Special Court for Sierra Leone The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia The Special Tribunal for Lebanon PART III: THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT Statute, Mandate and Structure Referrals and Investigations PART IV: NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE The Iraq Special Tribunal The Delayed Trial of Hissene Habré Conclusion

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• Authors: Y Beigbeder, Y. Beigbeder, Yves Beigbeder
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349333301
• ISBN: 978-1-349-33330-1
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Krieg und Verteidigung, Human Rights, Criminology, Internationales Öffentliches Recht: Strafrecht, International Law, International Criminal Law, Warfare & defence, Private International Law, auseinandersetzen, Conflict of Laws, comparative law, Crime & criminology, International Organization, Human rights, civil rights, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Public international law: criminal law