Transitional Justice and a State’s Response to Mass Atrocity (eBook)
XLII, 248 Seiten
T.M.C. Asser Press (Verlag)
978-94-6265-276-7 (ISBN)
This book brings a new focus to the ongoing debate on holding perpetrators of massive humanitarian and human rights violations accountable in countries in transition. It provides a clear-cut and comprehensive legal analysis of the content and nature of a state's obligations to investigate and prosecute as enshrined in the most important humanitarian and human rights treaties; it disentangles the common fallacy that these procedural obligations are naturally rooted and clearly spelled out in the general human rights treaties; and it explains the flaws in an absolutist interpretation. This analysis serves to understand whether such procedural obligations, if narrowly construed, act as impediments to countries emerging from periods of conflict or systematic repression in the face of contingent circumstances and the formidable dilemmas raised by a univocal understanding of justice as retribution.
Exploring the latest instances of interpretation and application via an analysis of state practice, the jurisprudence of treaty bodies, international courts and tribunals, soft law instruments, and doctrinal contributions, the book also addresses the complex issue of amnesty, and other transitional justice mechanisms designed to restore peace and facilitate transition traditionally included in national reconciliation programs, and criticizes the contention that amnesty is always prohibited by international law. It also considers these problems from the viewpoint of the International Criminal Court, focusing on the cases of Uganda and Colombia after the 2016 peace agreement.
Lastly, the volume offers a detailed analysis of techniques that may neutralize relevant obligations under international law, such as denunciation, derogation, limitation, and the public international law defenses of force majeure and necessity. Drawing attention to the importance of a multidisciplinary and practical approach to these unsettling questions, and endorsing a pluralistic notion of accountability, the book will appeal to legal scholars and transitional justice experts as well as practitioners, human rights advocates, and government officials.
Dr Jacopo Roberti di Sarsina is an International Law Expert at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna School of Law, and a dual-qualified lawyer (Italy and New York). He completed a PhD in public international law, label Doctor Europaeus, at the School of International Studies, University of Trento, holds an LLM from NYU School of Law, and read law at the University of Bologna.
This book brings a new focus to the ongoing debate on holding perpetrators of massive humanitarian and human rights violations accountable in countries in transition. It provides a clear-cut and comprehensive legal analysis of the content and nature of a state's obligations to investigate and prosecute as enshrined in the most important humanitarian and human rights treaties; it disentangles the common fallacy that these procedural obligations are naturally rooted and clearly spelled out in the general human rights treaties; and it explains the flaws in an absolutist interpretation. This analysis serves to understand whether such procedural obligations, if narrowly construed, act as impediments to countries emerging from periods of conflict or systematic repression in the face of contingent circumstances and the formidable dilemmas raised by a univocal understanding of justice as retribution.Exploring the latest instances of interpretation and application via an analysis of state practice, the jurisprudence of treaty bodies, international courts and tribunals, soft law instruments, and doctrinal contributions, the book also addresses the complex issue of amnesty, and other transitional justice mechanisms designed to restore peace and facilitate transition traditionally included in national reconciliation programs, and criticizes the contention that amnesty is always prohibited by international law. It also considers these problems from the viewpoint of the International Criminal Court, focusing on the cases of Uganda and Colombia after the 2016 peace agreement.Lastly, the volume offers a detailed analysis of techniques that may neutralize relevant obligations under international law, such as denunciation, derogation, limitation, and the public international law defenses of force majeure and necessity. Drawing attention to the importance of a multidisciplinary and practical approach to these unsettling questions, and endorsing a pluralistic notion of accountability, the book will appeal to legal scholars and transitional justice experts as well as practitioners, human rights advocates, and government officials.Dr Jacopo Roberti di Sarsina is an International Law Expert at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna School of Law, and a dual-qualified lawyer (Italy and New York). He completed a PhD in public international law, label Doctor Europaeus, at the School of International Studies, University of Trento, holds an LLM from NYU School of Law, and read law at the University of Bologna.
This book brings a new focus to the ongoing debate on holding perpetrators of massivehumanitarian and human rights violations accountable in countries in transition.It provides a clear-cut and comprehensive legal analysis of the content and nature of astate's obligations to investigate and prosecute as enshrined in the most importanthumanitarian and human rights treaties; it disentangles the common fallacy that theseprocedural obligations are naturally rooted and clearly spelled out in the general humanrights treaties; and it explains the flaws in an absolutist interpretation. This analysisserves to understand whether such procedural obligations, if narrowly construed, actas impediments to countries emerging from periods of conflict or systematic repressionin the face of contingent circumstances and the formidable dilemmas raised by aunivocal understanding of justice as retribution.Exploring the latest instances of interpretation and application via an analysis of statepractice, the jurisprudence of treaty bodies, international courts and tribunals, softlaw instruments, and doctrinal contributions, the book also addresses the complexissue of amnesty, and other transitional justice mechanisms designed to restore peaceand facilitate transition traditionally included in national reconciliation programs,and criticizes the contention that amnesty is always prohibited by international law.It also considers these problems from the viewpoint of the International CriminalCourt, focusing on the cases of Uganda and Colombia after the 2016 peace agreement.Lastly, the volume offers a detailed analysis of techniques that may neutralize relevantobligations under international law, such as denunciation, derogation, limitation, andthe public international law defenses of force majeure and necessity.Drawing attention to the importance of a multidisciplinary and practical approach tothese unsettling questions, and endorsing a pluralistic notion of accountability, thebook will appeal to legal scholars and transitional justice experts as well as practitioners,human rights advocates, and government officials.Dr Jacopo Roberti di Sarsina is an International Law Expert at the Alma MaterStudiorum - University of Bologna School of Law, and a dual-qualified lawyer (Italy andNew York). He completed a PhD in public international law, label Doctor Europaeus,at the School of International Studies, University of Trento, holds an LLM from NYUSchool of Law, and read law at the University of Bologna.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.3.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XLII, 248 p. |
| Verlagsort | The Hague |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Schlagworte | 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement • Amnesty and pardon • Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness • Derogation Clauses in Human Rights Treaties • Force Majeure and Necessity • International Criminal Court • Serious Humanitarian and Human Rights Law Violations • State Obligations to Investigate and Prosecute • Successor Government • Transition and Transitional Justice • War Crime |
| ISBN-10 | 94-6265-276-7 / 9462652767 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-94-6265-276-7 / 9789462652767 |
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