British Justice, War Crimes and Human Rights Violations

The Age of Accountability
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-14112-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 773 g

This book examines the UK approach to investigating international crimes and serious human rights violations. In 2010, the United Nations Secretary General referred to the emerging system of international justice, including the creation of the International Criminal Court, as the ‘Age of Accountability.’ However, the UK has sometimes struggled to comply with its international law obligations. Using examples from the post-World War II period to 2018, interviews with leading UK military lawyers and newly disclosed official documents, this work explains the legal duties, how the UK military and civilian justice systems investigate alleged military misconduct and highlights the challenges involved. It provides suggestions on strengthening domestic law and policy and its importance for the UK’s legitimacy as an exporter of rule of law expertise. This text is essential reading for practitioners, academics, government officials and students of international, criminal, humanitarian orhuman rights law.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kemp, Susan L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Chapter 1 Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2 The UK at a Crossroads.- 3. Chapter 3 International Obligations to Investigate.- 4. Chapter 4 Domestic Law.- 5. Chapter 5 Criminal Investigations.- 6. Chapter 6 Investigation Challenges.- 7. The Future.

Über Autor(innen)

Susan L. Kemp is a lawyer specialising in international criminal law and human rights, and a former war crimes investigator. She was a member of the first UN Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict.