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Ratner Steven R

Accountability for human rights atrocities in international law : Beyond the nuremberg legacy - 2nd - Oxford Oxford University Press 2001 - 435p xli

Contents
PART ONE: SUBSTANTIVE LAW;
1. Individual Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Historical and Legal Underpinnings;
2. Genocide and the Imperfections of Codification;
3. Crimes Against Humanity and the Inexactitude of Custom;
4. War Crimes and the Limitations of Accountability for Acts in Armed Conflict;
5. Other Abuses Incurring Individual Responsibility under International Law;
6. Expanding and Contracting Culpability: Related Crimes, Defenses, and Other Barriers to Criminality;
PART TWO: MECHANISMS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY;
7. Mechanisms for Accountability: Framing the Issues;
8. The Forum of First Resort: National Tribunals;
9. The Progeny of Nuremberg: International Criminal Tribunals;
10. Non-Prosecutorial Options: Investigatory Commissions, Civil Suits, and Immigration Measure;
11. Developing the Case: Comments on Evidence and Judicial Assistance;
PART THREE: A CASE STUDY: THE ATTROCITIES OF THE KHMER ROUGE;
12. The Khmer Rouge Rule Over Cambodia: A Historical Overview;
14. Engaging the Mechanisms;
PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS;
15. Striving for Justice: The Prospect for Individual Accountability Appendices;
Appendices.

ISBN: 9780198298717

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. International Law - Human Rights - Violation - Accountability2. International Humanitarian Law 3. Human Rights Violations - Mechanisms - Accountability4. Khmer Rouge Atrocities - A Case Study

Dewey Class. No.: 341.481000 / RAT