Public international law: criminal law

Language and the Right to Fair Hearing in International Criminal Trials explores the influence of the dynamic factor of language on trial fairness in international criminal proceedings.

The Concept of the Civilian: Legal Recognition, Adjudication and the Trials of International Criminal Justice offers a critical account of the legal shaping of civilian identities by the processes of international criminal justice.

Die Frage, welche Strafe einen Täter für seine Tat trifft, fällt unter den Mitgliedstaaten der EU höchst unterschiedlich aus.

This book provides a full analytical overview of the establishment and functioning of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the newest and most controversial of the UN-sponsored international criminal courts.

Many international obligations are subject to exceptions.

The present book brings together perspectives from different disciplinary fields to examine the significant legal, moral and political issues which arise in relation to the use of lethal force in both domestic and international law.

Cárcel y sociedad liberal; Los autores, El sistema penintenciario en estados unidos; Requisitos de las ceremonias de degradación exitosas; Estado, sociedad civilizada e institucones totales; un crítica civilizada e instituciones totales; Una cr´tica de las recientes historias sociales de la pena; Control social; El uso y el abuso de un concepto en la historia del encarcelamiento; La formación del estado y la transformación de las modalidades represivas; Jurisprudencia clásica y criminología; Panóptico y disciplina, pueden servir todavia.

The United Nations has established a right to the truth to be enjoyed by victims of gross violations of human rights.

Shows that the shari''a and Islamic law are compatible with contemporary international human rights laws and norms, and appropriate for use in Muslim societies.

Why would anyone commit a mass atrocity such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, or terrorism?

This book deals with child soldiers' involvement in crimes under international law.

This commentary on Plato's Philebus reconciles a close analysis of the text with a new interpretation of the dialogue.

This book focuses on the tension between the protection of human rights recognised as jus cogens (peremptory) norms, on the one hand, and the bestowal of immunity on the state and its representatives, on the other, to ascertain how these immunities can be eroded, if not fully abolished, to maintain full protection of jus cogens human rights under international law.

This book analyses new forms of human trafficking taking into account the transposition of the Directive 2011/36/UE which sets out minimum standards to be applied throughout the European Union in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.

This book explores the emergence of an ius puniendi outside state criminal law and beyond international criminal law.

EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-emption and the Rule of Law is a detailed study of EU action to combat terrorism since 11 September 2001 and the implications that action has had for the EU legal order.

This book presents the first cross-regional analysis of post-transitional justice periods and the conditions that influence states' behaviors.

In this book, it is explained that despite a current drop in the number of deaths, terrorism should still be considered a serious and widespread problem.

Transitional justice studies typically focuses on how nations remember, face and deal with histories of past violence.

This comprehensive reference work serves as an important resource for anyone interested in the international prosecution of war crimes and how it has evolved.

EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-emption and the Rule of Law is a detailed study of EU action to combat terrorism since 11 September 2001 and the implications that action has had for the EU legal order.

Das vorliegende Werk stellt die in den letzten Jahren auf der Grundlage der Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte (EGMR) fast unbemerkt entstandenen Standards einer europäischen Strafprozessordnung dar, von denen die Justiz in den Nationalstaaten erst langsam Kenntnis zu nehmen scheint.

This book offers a comprehensive study of incitement in its various forms in international law.

This book interrogates the sharp contrast that emerged between demands of the norms of international rule of law and the interests of conflict resolution at a local level in northern Uganda.

The act of fighting or being a fighter has certain consequences in international law.

This work compiles experiences and lessons learned in meeting the unique needs of women and children regarding crime prevention and criminal justice, in particular the treatment and social reintegration of offenders and serves as a cross-disciplinary work for academic and policy-making analyses and follow-up in developing and developed countries.

Sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers is not an isolated or recent problem, but it has been present in almost every peacekeeping operation.

A legal and historical analysis of the first modern attempts to prosecute national leaders for embarking upon aggressive war.

Since World War II, there have been some 250 conflicts throughout the world, leaving between 70-170 million atrocity crime victims.

This book captures the importance of transnational business crime and international relations by examining the rise of international economic crime and recent strategies in the United States and abroad to combat it.

Das Werk bietet eine umfassende Darstellung des Kreditwuchers, des Kreditvermittlungswuchers und der Additionsklausel in § 291 Abs.

In 1998, the Rome Statute to the International Criminal Court (ICC) emerged as a groundbreaking treaty both due to its codification of international criminal law and its recognition of the crimes committed against women in times of war and conflict.

This is a book about international criminal justice written by one of its foremost practitioners and academic thinkers, Judge Theodor Meron.

In international law victims' issues have gained more and more attention over the last decades.

This book focuses on Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria, framing the conflict in an international law context.

The world has been shocked by the destruction of world cultural heritage sites over the past two decades, as seen in widely disseminated videos depicting events such as the demolition of the Buddhas of Bamiyan and the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.

The coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty has provided the EU with new powers in the fields of criminal law and security law while reinforcing existing powers in immigration and asylum law.

The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some successes.

Yoram Dinstein's influential textbook is an indispensable guide to the legal issues of war and peace, armed attack, self-defence and enforcement measures taken under the aegis of the Security Council.

Designed to serve as a reference work for practitioners, academics, and scholars worldwide, this book is the first of its kind to explain complex cybercrimes from the perspectives of multiple disciplines (computer science, law, economics, psychology, etc.

Looks at the effect of new technologies and privacy, arguing that advances in technology can enhance privacy and security at the same time.

This book offers a detailed overview of the rules regarding criminal investigations into financial-economic criminality in the EU's main legal systems.

Developments in the understanding and treatment of genocide through the twentieth century have involved a combination of politics, public opinion, social trends, and economic development, and led to the substantive law of genocide and the assumption of international jurisdiction.

Never in history have crises surrounding free speech raged with greater ferocity than we are witnessing today.

Many prosecutors and commentators have praised the victim provisions at the International Criminal Court (ICC) as 'justice for victims', which for the first time include participation, protection and reparations.

This book explores the practical and theoretical opportunities as well as the challenges raised by the expansion of transitional justice into new and 'aparadigmatic' cases.

This book offers a brand-new perspective on human trafficking as an illegal business.