Amnesty for Crime in International Law and Practice

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-90-411-1759-5
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

This book contains a comprehensive and well-researched study of the relationship between municipal amnesty laws and developing principles of international criminal law. It pursues a path towards defining criteria for reconciling these two delicate fields of transitional justice. It concludes with a concrete proposal for the international community of states.

`O'Shea's study on the limits of amnesty in the context of recent developments in international criminal law, particularly the creation of a permanent International Criminal Court, is essential reading for scholars and practitioners. His examination of amnesty in the context of national experience and international expectation covers new ground, and presents a challenging Protocol for the consideration of States which is both innovative and realistic'. --Professor John Dugard SC

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Shea, Andreas

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Treaties and Other Agreements.
Table of Amnesty Laws and Decrees.
Table of Cases.
Abbreviations.
1. Introduction.
2. The Practice of Amnesty: Its Emergence, Development and Rational.
3. National Amnesty Laws.
4. The Rationale of Legal Liability and Amnesty.
5. Opting for Prosecution or Amnesty in a System of General Relativity.
6. Prosecution Pursuant to International Humanitarian Law Treaties.
7. Addressing Impunity through Human Rights Treaties and Related Instruments.
8. Defining the Parameters and Criteria for a General Norm against Impunity.
9. State Practice, Opinio Juris and a Duty to Prosecute.
10. Amnesty and Civil Liability.
11. Reconciling Municipal Amnesty with Global Justice: the need for a Protocol to the Rome Statute.
12. Conclusion Towards the Development of Principles for the Limitation of Municipal Amnesty Laws.
Appendix:
Draft Protocol.
Bibliography.
Index.