International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes / edited by Wolfgang Kaleck, Michael Ratner, Tobias Singelnstein, Peter Weiss.

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Fundamental Questions -- Protection of Human Rights by Means of Criminal Law: On the Relationship between Criminal Law and Politics -- Global Constitutional Struggles: Human Rights between colère publique and colère politique -- The Future of Universal Jurisdiction -- On the Aims and Actual Consequences of International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes -- Developments in Law and Practice -- Prosecuting International Crimes at the National and International Level: Between Justice and Realpolitik -- Addressing the Relationship between State Immunity and Jus Cogens Norms: A Comparative Assessment -- Universal Jurisdiction: Developing and Implementing an Effective Global Strategy -- German International Criminal Law in Practice: From Leipzig to Karlsruhe -- The Pinochet Effect and the Spanish Contribution to Universal Jurisdiction -- Implementing the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction in France -- The Political Funeral Procession for the Belgian UJ Statute -- The Approach of the United Kingdom to Crimes under International Law: The Application of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction -- Coming to Terms with Genocide in Rwanda: The Role of International and National Justice -- The “War on Terror” in Particular -- Military Necessity, Torture, and the Criminality of Lawyers -- The Prohibition of Torture: Absolute Means Absolute -- Litigating Guantánamo -- Universality, Complementarity, and the Duty to Prosecute Crimes Under International Law in Germany.

The demand for accountability for human rights violations is heard throughout the world as never before. This volume explores current developments in the prosecution of human rights crimes on the national and international level. Experts from several countries discuss relevant topics from the academic debate, describe the practice in different countries, and analyze problems which have arisen in this new and exciting field of law. They strike a balance after the first years of the International Criminal Court and a growing universal jurisdiction practice and give the reader a present-day overview of attempts to bring to justice major figures like Augusto Pinochet and Donald Rumsfeld as well as lesser known ones. Emphasis is put on the emerging principle of universal jurisdiction and the effect of the "war on terror" on legal norms. While the latter threatens to weaken and, in some respect, destroy long standing principles of international law, the developing practice of universal jurisdiction offers new resources for dealing with international crimes. The book examines the tension between these two phenomena and its meaning for international criminal law and the implementation of human rights. The contributors include Kai Ambos, Jörg Arnold, Christopher Keith Hall, Scott Horton, Florian Jessberger, Lorna McGregor, Michael Ratner, Nigel S. Rodley and Naomi Roht-Arriaza.

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