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The Syrian Crisis And The Principle Of Non-Refoulement, Mike Sanderson Dec 2013

The Syrian Crisis And The Principle Of Non-Refoulement, Mike Sanderson

International Law Studies

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Belligerent Targeting And The Invalidity Of A Least Harmful Means Rule, Geoffrey S. Corn, Laurie R. Blank, Chris Jenks, Eric Talbot Jensen Dec 2013

Belligerent Targeting And The Invalidity Of A Least Harmful Means Rule, Geoffrey S. Corn, Laurie R. Blank, Chris Jenks, Eric Talbot Jensen

International Law Studies

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International Criminal Justice, The Gotovina Judgment And The Making Of Refugees, Gregor Noll, Rosemary Byrne Jan 2013

International Criminal Justice, The Gotovina Judgment And The Making Of Refugees, Gregor Noll, Rosemary Byrne

Gregor Noll

In this paper, we shall present two interlocking arguments, both drawing on a distinction between formal and substantive models of justice. In a first step, we depart from the accepted presumptions about the formal delivery of international criminal justice and its capacities to deliver peace and security, to consider how alternative views on the legitimacy of international criminal tribunals and retributive justice present some far more unsettling perspectives about the performance and promise of these nascent courts. If these issues are taken seriously, then one should reconsider whether international trials are able to deliver the broader forms of substantive justice …


Panel Iv: Challenges To Proving Cases Of Torture Before The Committee Against Torture, Juan E. Mendez Jan 2013

Panel Iv: Challenges To Proving Cases Of Torture Before The Committee Against Torture, Juan E. Mendez

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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A Janus Look At International Criminal Justice, Diane Marie Amann Jan 2013

A Janus Look At International Criminal Justice, Diane Marie Amann

Scholarly Works

Invoking the name of Janus, the Roman god who looked simultaneously at the past and the future, this article examines international criminal justice at a watershed moment, when a number of 20-year-old ad hoc tribunals were winding down even as the International Criminal Court was entering its teen years. First explored are challenges posed by politics – that is, the need to secure cooperation from states and from the U.N. Security Council – and economics – that is, the need to work within budgetary constraints. The article then surveys significant developments in each of a half-dozen international criminal courts and …