War crimes

Far from the image of an apolitical, clean Wehrmacht that persists in popular memory, German soldiers regularly cooperated with organizations like the SS in the abuse and murder of countless individuals during the Second World War.

This book celebrates the scholarship of Richard Baxter, former Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School.

Rape and other forms of sexual violence have always been a feature of war.

A timely examination of the use of disease and germs as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) and the threat bioterrorism poses in an increasingly unpredictable and volatile future.

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZEWITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD'This book would always have been important evidence that the Ukraine people were suffering criminal attack.

This study provides empirically based insights into the relationship between war, statehood and peaceful conflict resolution during the second Sudanese civil war and following the independence of South Sudan 2011.

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

Despite considerable progress in research and practice in the constructive transformation of intractable conflicts beginning in the 1970s, many terribly destructive conflicts have recently erupted.

Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a "e;forever war"e;-a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and local feuds over power and identity.

The declared reason of the "e;special military operation"e;, which began February 2022, was the anti-separatist activity of the Ukrainian army in the Donbas area since 2014.

Principles of International Criminal Law is one of the most influential textbooks in the field of international criminal justice.

This study provides empirically based insights into the relationship between war, statehood and peaceful conflict resolution during the second Sudanese civil war and following the independence of South Sudan 2011.

Defining "e;genocide"e; as an international crime, this two-volume set provides a comparative study of historical cases of genocide and mass atrocity-clearly identifying the factors that produced the attitudes and behaviors that led to them-discusses the reasons for rules in war, and examines how the five principles laid out in the Geneva Conventions and other international agreements have functioned in modern warfare.

Despite the recent growth of interest in international criminal law, in research and practice, the Tokyo International Military Tribunal remains largely neglected.

A Winner of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa 2023 Bernard Lewis PrizeThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the survivors of the Holocaust contended with life after the darkest night in Jewish history.

A revelatory and wide-ranging series of interviews with award-winning writer Arundhati Roy, touching on US empire, Indian nationalism, a writer's work, and more.

As shown by the trials of Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor and Saddam Hussein, the large-scale and systematic commission of international crimes is usually planned and set in motion by senior political and military leaders.

Reports of sexual violence in armed conflict frequently appear in political discussions and news media, presenting a stark contrast to a long history of silence and nonrecognition.

This study recounts the reasons why the order for the Herero genocide was very likely issued by the Kaiser himself, and why proof of this has not emerged before now.

The Right to a Fair Trial in International Lawbrings together the diverse sources of international law that define the right to a fair trial in the context of criminal (as opposed to civil, administrative or other) proceedings.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of women become victims of sexual violence in conflict zones around the world; in the Democratic Republic of Congo alone, approximately 1,100 rapes are reported each month.

In October 1943 Winston Churchill, Franklin D.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless.

This book examines how international law prohibits state and individual complicity.

This important reference work offers students a comprehensive overview of the Darfur Genocide, with roughly 100 in-depth articles by leading scholars on an array of topics and themes and more than a dozen key primary source documents.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

A constant yet oftentimes concealed practice in war has been the use of informers and collaborators by parties to an armed conflict.

A practical guide for policy makers, military officers, students, and anyone else interested in asymmetric conflicts.

This timely handbook offers an examination of man's history of war crimes and the parallel development of rules of war to prevent them in the future.

What role do human rights play in the development of regional organizations?

EINE NACHT VOLLER SCHRECKEN UND TERRORDas Attentat eines jungen polnischen Juden in der Deutschen Botschaft in Paris nutzten die Nationalsozialisten als willkommenen Anlass, um gegen alle Juden im Deutschen Reich gesetzlich vorzugehen.

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A constant yet oftentimes concealed practice in war has been the use of informers and collaborators by parties to an armed conflict.

During World War II, Croatia became a fascist state under the control of the Ustasha Movement - allied with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

This account of German citizens swept up in a wave of supernatural obsessions after WWII and the Holocaust is "e;an engrossing story from beginning to end"e; (Booklist).

Slave Labor in Nazi Concentration Camps examines the slave labor carried out by concentration camp prisoners from 1942 and the effect this had on the German wartime economy.

This book explores the promises and limitations of holding individuals accountable for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.

This book provides an indispensable resource for anyone researching the scourge of mass murder in the 20th and 21st centuries, effectively using primary source documents to help them understand all aspects of genocide.

The legal position in international law of heads of states and other senior state representatives is at the heart of the conflict thrown up by recent changes in the international legal order.

Remembering Histories of Trauma compares and links Native American, First Nation and Jewish histories of traumatic memory.

The Milosevic Trial - An Autopsy provides a cross-disciplinary examination of one of the most controversial war crimes trials of the modern era and its contested legacy for the growing fields of international criminal law and post-conflict justice.

In United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics, Zachary D.