Defeating Impunity - Attempts At International Justice in Europe Since 1914

Over the course of the long and violent twentieth century, only a minority of the perpetrators of international crimes ever stood trial. In analyzing and documenting the challenge addressing that status of international justice and its realization, this collection uses an international perspective to take the reader through both little known and prominent trials.

About the author

Pieter Lagrou has taught contemporary history at the Université libre de Bruxelles since 2003. He has published on the legacy of the Second World War in Europe, on war crime trials and contemporary European historiography. He is currently working on the histories of popular sovereignty since 1789.

Product details

• Authors: Ornella Lagrou Rovetta
• Assisted by: Pieter Lagrou (Editor), Lagrou Pieter (Editor), Ornella Rovetta (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9781836950684
• ISBN: 978-1-83695-068-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: War and Genocide
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, Legal History, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, International human rights law, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Public international law, human rights: labour and social, History: 20th Century to Present; Genocide History