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‘Settling Accounts’ Revisited: Reconciling Global Norms With Local Agency, Diane F. Orentlicher
‘Settling Accounts’ Revisited: Reconciling Global Norms With Local Agency, Diane F. Orentlicher
Diane Orentlicher
In the mid- to late-1980s, the discourse of transitional justice was shaped above all by the experience of countries in Latin America, where military forces continued to exercise autonomous power even after ceding formal authority to democratically elected governments. In this setting, while human rights professionals agreed that fledgling democracies should undertake prosecutions in accordance with their international legal obligations, they were divided over the question of whether further development of international obligations in respect of punishment was desirable. Nor was it clear what, precisely, international law already required. Writing in the early 1990s, the author of this essay concluded …
Criminalizing Hate Speech: A Comment On The Ictr’S Judgment In The Prosecutor V. Nahimana, Et Al., Diane F. Orentlicher
Criminalizing Hate Speech: A Comment On The Ictr’S Judgment In The Prosecutor V. Nahimana, Et Al., Diane F. Orentlicher
Diane Orentlicher
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The Future Of Universal Jurisdiction In The New Architecture Of Transnational Justice, Diane Orentlicher
The Future Of Universal Jurisdiction In The New Architecture Of Transnational Justice, Diane Orentlicher
Diane Orentlicher
In this essay the author addresses several issues raised by emerging trends in the use of universal jurisdiction. She argues that recent developments raise concerns about how jurisdictional authority should be allocated among states as well as between officials of states and officers of international tribunals. Growing recourse to universal jurisdiction raises questions about whose claim should receive priority when more than one court seeks to prosecute an individual for the same crime. The question has been further complicated by the emergence of a new breed of court, such as the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which is shaped by …