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Rwanda: No Conspiracy, No Genocide Planning ... No Genocide?, C. Peter Erlinder Dec 2008

Rwanda: No Conspiracy, No Genocide Planning ... No Genocide?, C. Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.


Inherent Powers, Ignoble History Make New Idea Anything But Innocuous, C. Peter Erlinder Dec 2008

Inherent Powers, Ignoble History Make New Idea Anything But Innocuous, C. Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.


Will President Obama Finally Bury King Leopold’S Ghost? Common Dreams, C. Peter Erlinder Nov 2008

Will President Obama Finally Bury King Leopold’S Ghost? Common Dreams, C. Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.


Applying The Rule Of Law To All Heads Of State, C. Peter Erlinder Nov 2008

Applying The Rule Of Law To All Heads Of State, C. Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.


U.S./U.K. Allies Grab Congo Riches And Millions Die: 2001-03 Un Expert Reports, C. Peter Erlinder Oct 2008

U.S./U.K. Allies Grab Congo Riches And Millions Die: 2001-03 Un Expert Reports, C. Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.


Divided By A Common Legal Tradition, Intisar Rabb Phd Sep 2008

Divided By A Common Legal Tradition, Intisar Rabb Phd

Intisar A. Rabb

No abstract provided.


The Precedent Was Set In The Balkans: If You Look At U.S. And U.N. Actions Honestly, It Becomes Harder To Fault Russia For The Current Situation, C. Peter Erlinder Aug 2008

The Precedent Was Set In The Balkans: If You Look At U.S. And U.N. Actions Honestly, It Becomes Harder To Fault Russia For The Current Situation, C. Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.


People's Tribunal On Torture Karnataka Report, Saumya Uma Jul 2008

People's Tribunal On Torture Karnataka Report, Saumya Uma

Dr. Saumya Uma

This is the interim report of the jury of the People's Tribunal on Torture, held in Bangalore, Karnataka. The Tribunal heard about 98 cases of custodial torture through the testimonies of victims / victim-survivors and / or their family members.


People's Tribunal On Torture Rajasthan Report, Saumya Uma Jun 2008

People's Tribunal On Torture Rajasthan Report, Saumya Uma

Dr. Saumya Uma

This is the interim report of the jury of the People's Tribunal on Torture, held in Ajmer, Rajasthan. The Tribunal heard more than 50 cases of custodial torture through the testimonies of victims / victim-survivors and / or their family members.


People's Tribunal On Torture Tamil Nadu Report, Saumya Uma Jun 2008

People's Tribunal On Torture Tamil Nadu Report, Saumya Uma

Dr. Saumya Uma

This is the interim report of the jury of the People's Tribunal on Torture, held in Tamil Nadu. The Tribunal heard more than 250 cases of custodial torture through the testimonies of victims / victim-survivors and / or their family members.


Towards Accountability For Mass Crimes: A Report Of The Indian Campaign On International Criminal Court 2000-2007, Saumya Uma, Pouruchisti Wadia Mar 2008

Towards Accountability For Mass Crimes: A Report Of The Indian Campaign On International Criminal Court 2000-2007, Saumya Uma, Pouruchisti Wadia

Saumya Uma

This contains a detailed narrative on the activities undertaken by ICC-India - an anti-impunity campaign on mass crimes and international law, from 2000 to 2007. The publication elaborates the work of the campaign on information dissemination, campaign and advocacy, research and publication, alliance-building and media outreach. It includes 16 pages of colour photographs, as well as illustrations in the form of graphs, tables and maps. Published by Women's Research & Action Group, 2008, English, 90 pages.


Presidential Authority And The War On Terror, Joseph W. Dellapenna Feb 2008

Presidential Authority And The War On Terror, Joseph W. Dellapenna

Working Paper Series

Immediately after the attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush claimed, among other powers, the power to launch preemptive wars on his own authority; the power to disregard the laws of war pertaining to occupied lands; the power to define the status and treatment of persons detained as “enemy combatants” in the war on terror; and the power to authorize the National Security Agency to undertake electronic surveillance in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. With the exception of the power to launch a preemptive war on his own authority (for which he …


Who Killed Benazir Bhutto? Why Not Ask Charlie Wilson... Or George Bush?, C. Peter Erlinder Jan 2008

Who Killed Benazir Bhutto? Why Not Ask Charlie Wilson... Or George Bush?, C. Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.


Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown Jan 2008

Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Duress, Demanding Heroism And Proportionality: The Erdemovic Case And Beyond, Luis E. Chiesa Jan 2008

Duress, Demanding Heroism And Proportionality: The Erdemovic Case And Beyond, Luis E. Chiesa

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This Article discusses the Erdemovic case in order toexamine whether duress should be a defense to a crime against humanity. Although the Article contends that the arguments in favor of permitting the defendant to claim duress weaken as the seriousness of the offense charged increases, the Article also argues that the duress defense should usually succeed if it can be proved that the actor could not have prevented the threatened harm by refusing to capitulate to the coercion. After balancing the competing considerations, the Author concludes that the defendant in Erdemovic should have been able to claim duress as a …


Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown Dec 2007

Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

No abstract provided.


Communal Crimes Bill, Saumya Uma Dec 2007

Communal Crimes Bill, Saumya Uma

Dr. Saumya Uma

This is an alternative draft law on communal violence, drafted by a section of civil society, and submitted to the Indian government in January 2008. It incorporates concepts and standards from international law, and formulates new crimes as well as standards of evidence and procedure.