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Nuremberg’S Legacy Continues: The Nuremberg Trials’ Influence On Human Rights Litigation In U.S. Courts, Gwynne Skinner
Nuremberg’S Legacy Continues: The Nuremberg Trials’ Influence On Human Rights Litigation In U.S. Courts, Gwynne Skinner
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This article traces the Nuremberg trials' influence on human rights litigation in the United States under the Alien Tort Statute, especially in the area of corporate complicity, and argues that the use of the Nuremberg trials as precedent in modern domestic human rights litigation is appropriate.
Remedial Approaches To Human Rights Violations: The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights And Beyond, Tom Antkowiak
Remedial Approaches To Human Rights Violations: The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights And Beyond, Tom Antkowiak
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A sustained reflection upon remedial obligations and possibilities is particularly necessary at this juncture in the development of international law, where important mechanisms with reparative functions have recently sprung up around the world: the International Criminal Court, the African Court of Human Rights, and several national schemes, as a result of proliferating transitional justice initiatives. This article argues for a remedial model that emphasizes the restorative measures of satisfaction and rehabilitation, as well as general assurances of non-repetition. The work first examines the case law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the only international human rights body with binding …