UID:
almahu_9949703584502882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047412991
,
9789004138841
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Content:
Paradoxically, victims of ordinary crimes such as fraud, theft or assault, can obtain redress through regular domestic channels, whereas victims of such major atrocities as genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity, have been left mostly uncompensated. Until recently, a pervasive climate of impunity for international crimes relegated victims to the political and legal periphery. Over the last few years however, the international community has begun to recognize that, just as crimes under international law cannot be considered ordinary crimes, victims of these crimes cannot be considered ordinary victims. In this book, Dr. Bottigliero explores the origins, evolution and practice relating to victims' redress in domestic law, regional and universal human rights regimes, humanitarian law, the law of State responsibility, United Nations practice, and international criminal law including the International Criminal Court. She argues that the international community must now move beyond incomplete and fragmented approaches towards a much more comprehensive redress regime for victims of crimes under international law, and she recommends means by which to enhance the coherence, effectiveness and fairness of victims' redress.
Note:
I. Introduction, -- II. Origins of the Victims' Right to Redress: The Historical Swing from Restoration to Retribution and Back to Restoration, -- III. The Victims' Right to Redress as Exercised in Domestic Fora, -- IV. State-Based Reparations, -- V. Evolution of the Victims' Right to Redress through International Human Rights Law, Jurisprudence and Standards, -- VI. Victims' Redress in International Criminal Law: Current Mechanisms and Future Prospects, -- VII. Towards a Comprehensive Redress Regime for Victims of Crimes under International Law, -- Bibliography, -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Redress for Victims of Crimes under International Law. Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2004 ISBN 9789004138841
Language:
English
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