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International Criminal Court's Protection Of Women: The Hands Of Justice At Work, Tina R. Karkera
International Criminal Court's Protection Of Women: The Hands Of Justice At Work, Tina R. Karkera
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Liberal Legal Norms Meet Collective Criminality, John D. Ciorciari
Liberal Legal Norms Meet Collective Criminality, John D. Ciorciari
Michigan Law Review
International criminal law ("ICL") tends to focus on the same question asked by the Cambodian survivor above: who was ultimately most responsible? Focusing on the culpability of senior leaders has powerful appeal. It resonates with a natural human tendency to personify misdeeds and identify a primary locus for moral blame. It also serves political ends by putting a face on mass crimes, decapitating the old regime, and leaving room for reconciliation at lower levels. But what happens when smoking guns do not point clearly toward high-ranking officials? And how can the law address the fact that most atrocities are committed …
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Slava Kuperstein, Lindsay Roberts, John Coleman, Beka Feathers, Anna Naimark, Ivan Carpio
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Slava Kuperstein, Lindsay Roberts, John Coleman, Beka Feathers, Anna Naimark, Ivan Carpio
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts , Slava Kuperstein, Lindsay Roberts, Catlin Meade, Elizabeth Francis, Ivan Carpio
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts , Slava Kuperstein, Lindsay Roberts, Catlin Meade, Elizabeth Francis, Ivan Carpio
Human Rights Brief
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Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Claire Grandison, Benjamin Watson, Brynn Weinstein, Adam Dembling, Yaritza Velez, Michelle Flash
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Claire Grandison, Benjamin Watson, Brynn Weinstein, Adam Dembling, Yaritza Velez, Michelle Flash
Human Rights Brief
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Advantaging Aggressors: Justice & Deterrence In International Law, Paul H. Robinson, Adil Ahmad Haque
Advantaging Aggressors: Justice & Deterrence In International Law, Paul H. Robinson, Adil Ahmad Haque
All Faculty Scholarship
Current international law imposes limitations on the use of force to defend against unlawful aggression that improperly advantage unlawful aggressors and disadvantage their victims. The Article gives examples of such rules, governing a variety of situations, showing how clearly unjust they can be. No domestic criminal law system would tolerate their use.
There are good practical reasons why international law should care that its rules are perceived as unjust. Given the lack of an effective international law enforcement mechanism, compliance depends to a large degree upon the moral authority with which international law speaks. Compliance is less likely when its …
Waiting For Justice
Dr. Saumya Uma