War crimes

The dramatic uprisings that ousted the long-standing leaders of several countries in the Arab region set in motion an unprecedented period of social, political and legal transformation.

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless.

Powerful accounts by genocide survivors, a journalist seeking to bear witness to their pain.

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

The greatly expanded and enhanced 2nd edition of A World History of War Crimes provides an authoritative and accessible introduction to the global history of war crimes and the laws of war.

What do we know about war crimes and justice?

A challenging examination of Japanese war crimes during World War II offers a fresh perspective on the Pacific War-and a better understanding of reasons for the wartime use of extreme mass 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.

This book examines the challenges posed by the largely unfamiliar culture in which the Special Court for Sierra Leone operates.

The second volume of The Political Economy of Human Rights remains one of the most controversial works produced by Chomsky to date.

Though a generation has passed since the massacre of civilians at My Lai, the legacy of this tragedy continues to reverberate throughout Vietnam and the rest of the world.

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.

In the hills of eastern Bosnia sits the small town of Srebrenica--once known for silver mines and health spas, now infamous for the genocide that occurred there during the Bosnian War.

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

In Justice behind the Iron Curtain, Gabriel N.

Memory and Erasure is part of a growing body of academic literature to properly document and narrate the Gukurahundi genocide which, hopefully, may contribute to survivors and victims, families, quest for justice and closure.

The purpose of the book is twofold: first, to give an accurate and reasonably complete narrative account of the Armenian events of 1909 and their aftermath in the province of Adana and the developments leading up to and following them; and equally importantly, to provide an interpretive framework that makes some sense out of this episode in Ottoman history.

Why do countries adopt criminal legislation making it possible to prosecute government and military officials for human rights violations?

The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law.

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

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

Human Rights after Hitler reveals thousands of forgotten US and Allied war crimes prosecutions against Hitler and other Axis war criminals based on a popular movement for justice that stretched from Poland to the Pacific.

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

A definitive history of the 20th century's first major genocide on its 100th anniversaryStarting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century.

This book tells the stories of the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others who made a courageous stand against the mass slaughter of Ottoman Armenians in 1915, the first modern genocide.

A definitive history of the 20th century's first major genocide on its 100th anniversaryStarting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century.

Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide?

The 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi was the signature moral horror of the late 20th century.

Africa has been at the forefront of contemporary global efforts towards ensuring greater accountability for international crimes.

The trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg was a landmark event in the development of modern international law, and continues to be highly influential in our understanding of international criminal law and post-conflict justice.

Contemporary feminist advocacy in human rights, international criminal law, and peace and security is gripped by the issue of sexual violence in conflict.

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

This book shows how Rwanda''s mass courts for genocide crimes helped ensure political stability and authoritarian control for Rwandan elites.

This book sets out and analyses the procedural law applied by international criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court (ICC).

One of the world’s leading intellectuals “raises provocative questions about U.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE'A wake-up call' Amal Clooney'Devastating.

The ignorant bystander: Britain and the Rwandan genocide uses a case study of Britain's response to the genocide to explore what factors motivate humanitarian intervention in overseas crises.

As the Cold War followed on the heels of the Second World War, as the Nuremburg Trials faded in the shadow of the Iron Curtain, both the Germans and the West were quick to accept the idea that Hitler's army had been no SS, no Gestapo, that it was a professional force little touched by Nazi politics.

The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ovcara pig farm in 1991.

Jan Sehn und die Ahndung der Verbrechen von Auschwitz.

NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS'Killer in the Kremlin traces Putin's bloody career.

Rwanda's Gacaca courts provide an innovative response to the genocide of 1994.

This book examines the challenges posed by the largely unfamiliar culture in which the Special Court for Sierra Leone operates.

The firebombing of Dresden marks the terrible apex of the European bombing war.

The first English-language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian GenocideTalaat Pasha (1874-1921) led the triumvirate that ruled the late Ottoman Empire during World War I and is arguably the father of modern Turkey.

As the Cold War followed on the heels of the Second World War, as the Nuremburg Trials faded in the shadow of the Iron Curtain, both the Germans and the West were quick to accept the idea that Hitler's army had been no SS, no Gestapo, that it was a professional force little touched by Nazi politics.

This innovative collection offers one of the first analyses of criminologies of the military from an interdisciplinary perspective.