Accountability for Human Rights Atrocities in International Law: Beyond the Nuremberg Legacy - Softcover

Ratner, Steven R.; Abrams, Jason S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198298714 ISBN 13: 9780198298717

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2001

Synopsis

The fall of dictatorial regimes and the eruption of destructive civil conflicts around the world have led to calls for holding individuals accountable for human rights atrocities. International law had little to say on this subject from the time of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials fifty years ago until very recently. In this well-researched book, Steven Ratner and Jason Abrams offer a comprehensive study of the promise and limitations of international criminal law as a means of enforcing international human rights and humanitarian law. They provide a searching analysis of the principal crimes under the law of nations, such as genocide and crimes against humanity. They go on to appraise the most important prosecutorial and other mechanisms developed to bring individuals to justice. After applying their conclusions in a detailed case study, the authors offer a series of compelling conclusions on the prospects for accountability. In this new edition the authors also cover recent developments such as the jurisprudence of the UN's Yugoslavia and Rwanda tribunals, new domestic attempts at accountability, and the International Criminal Court. This new edition has been revised and updated to include developments since 1997, including domestic prosecutions and truth commission, the work of the UN's Yugoslavia and Rwand Tribunals, and the International Criminal Court.

About this title

About the Author

Steven R. Ratner is Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law.

Jason S. Abrams is a Legal Officer with the Office of Legal Affairs at the United Nations.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198298714
• ISBN 13: 9780198298717
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 484