Rwanda and East Timor: Pattern of Violence -- Accountability Arrangements: Rwanda -- Accountability Arrangements: East Timor -- Profiling Perpetrators -- Conspiracy to commit genocide -- Superior Responsibility -- Guilty Pleas -- Conclusion.The main objective of this book is to make available to an informed audience a le gal and policy oriented study on accountability for serious human rights…
Introduction: The International Criminal Court – Old Wine in a New Bottle? -- The Historical Concepts of Colonialism and Neo-colonialism -- Introduction Part I -- European Colonialism and Neo-colonialism -- Legal Colonialism by European States -- Imposition of Laws and Western Values in the Field of International Criminal Law -- Introduction Part II -- The Universalisation of Western Values s…
1. Criminal Justice in Need of a Paradigm Shift -- 2. Punishment and Human Sociality -- 3. Human Dignity – The Right to be a Person -- 4. Criminal Justice Respecting Human Dignity -- 5. Differences Between Traditional Criminal Justice and a Human Dignity Based Approach.This book analyses the rights of crime victims within a human rights paradigm, and describes the inconsistencies resulting fr…
Part I - The Norm of Love in the Chambers of Criminal Justice: 1 Surveillance of the Norm of Love in Criminal Law -- 2 The Oxytocin of Love in the Context of Medical Science -- 3 The Rule of Love for the Interrogation of Criminal Justice -- 4 The Modus Operandi of the Norm of Love in Criminal Justice -- 5 The Right to Demand Love in Criminal Justice -- Part II - The Rule of Love in the Aquarium…
This book deals with child soldiers’ involvement in crimes under international law. Child soldiers are often victims of grave human rights abuses, and yet, in some cases, they also participate actively in inflicting violence upon others. Nonetheless, the international discourse on child soldiers often tends to ignore the latter dimension of children’s involvement in armed conflict and inste…
Open AccessThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This edited collection explores the background and implementation of the Nordic Barnahus (or 'Children's House') model – recognised as one of the most important reforms related to children who are the victims of crime in the Nordic region. This book discusses both its potential to affect change and the challenges facing it. The mo…
Introduction -- Chapter 1: Money Laundering Through Real Estate -- Chapter 2: Money Laundering Through Agribusiness -- Chapter 3: Money Laundering Typologies Evidenced in the “Panama Papers” -- Chapter 4: Efforts to Combat Money Laundering -- Chapter 5: Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Proposals to Improve the War Against Financial Crimes Through Real Estate and Agribusiness. .This book examines t…
The Problem of Liability in International Criminal Law -- Leadership Liability for Collective Crimes -- Putting the Leaders of Mass Atrocity on Trial -- A Comparative Theory of International Criminal Law -- Applying the Tools -- Subjectivity Reflected in the Common Law Tradition -- Objectivity Reflected in the Civil Law Tradition -- Shifting Trends in International Tribunals -- Applying a Compa…
Introduction: Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice -- The Application Process: Procedure and Players -- Requirements for Victim Participation -- The Role of Intermediaries and Third Parties in Victim Participation -- Legal Representation of Participating Victims -- The Protection of Victims Participating in International Criminal Justice -- Victims’ Rights and Obligations as…
Part I: Introduction to Mutual Recognition in Criminal Matters: Definition of Mutual Recognition in Criminal Matters -- Genesis -- Methodology -- Principles of Mutual Recognition Measures -- Part II: Mutual Recognition Measures: European Arrest Warrant (Surrender Procedure) -- Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences and Measures Involving Deprivation of Liberty -- Mutual Recognition of Probat…