Judging War Crimes and Torture

French Justice and International Criminal Tribunals and Commissions (1940-2005)

Yves Beigbeder (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

380 Seiten

2006
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
978-90-04-15329-5 (ISBN)

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Even democracies commit war crimes. France has long ignored its colonial crimes, only denounced by a few courageous opponents and revealed in trials. France is not the only democracy to have violated international humanitarian law. However, these violations must be exposed, so that they are not repeated.

This volume shows that even democratic countries, like France but not France alone, can commit war crimes, crimes against humanity and even be accomplices in genocides. However, past crimes must be recalled and exposed, particularly if they have been hidden, covered by amnesties, and not judicially punished. They must be visible as part of a country's history in order to ensure that they are not repeated.

Yves Beigbeder (Doct. Public Law) has written a number of books and articles on international organizations and international criminal justice. As a young graduate, he worked as Legal Secretary to the French judge at the Nuremberg Trial (March-August 1946). Following his long service with the World Health Organization, he gave courses or lectures in European and North-American universities. He is now a legal counsel for international civil servants in Geneva.

Foreword; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; Presentation; Chapter One French Democracy and Justice; Part I French Colonization and Justice (1830-1962); Chapter Two French Colonialism; Chapter Three The French Vietnam War (1946-1954); Chapter Four Madagascar: Revolt and Repression (1947-1948); Chapter Five French Algeria: The "Dirtywar" (1954-1962); Part II Vichy France: The Late Reckoning (1940-2005); Chapter Six Vichy's Regime, Legislation and Justice; Chapter Seven Post-Liberation Myth, Purge and Trials; Chapter Eight From Barbie to Papon; Part III International Criminal Tribunals and Commissions (1945-2005); Chapter Nine The Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals; Chapter Ten The Genocide in Rwanda; Chapter Eleven Crimes in The Former Yugoslavia; Chapter Twelve The International Criminal Court; Chapter Thirteen Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.

Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	795 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	90-04-15329-2 / 9004153292
ISBN-13	978-90-04-15329-5 / 9789004153295
Zustand	Neuware