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De facto International Prosecutors in a Global Era: With My Own Eyes

De facto International Prosecutors in a Global Era: With My Own Eyes

Name: De facto International Prosecutors in a Global Era: With My Own Eyes
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108498166
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Author: Melinda Rankin
ISBN: 9781108498166

By Melinda Rankin

Cambridge University Press August 2022

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ISBN-13: 9781108498166
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: August 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In the past decades, great strides have been made to ensure that crimes against humanity and state-sponsored organized violence are not committed with impunity. Alongside states, large international organizations such as the United Nations and forums such as the International Criminal Court, 'de facto international prosecutors' have emerged to address these crimes. Acting as investigators and evidence-gathers to identify individuals and officials engaged in serious human rights violations, these 'private' non-state actors, and state legal 'officials' in a foreign court, pursue criminal accountability for those most responsible for core international crimes. They do so when local options to investigate fail and an international criminal tribunal remains unavailable. This study outlines three case studies of witnesses and victims who pursue those most responsible, including former heads of state. It examines their practices and strategies, and shows how witnesses and victims of core crimes emerge as key leaders in the accountability process.

Introduction

Part I. Framework I: Conceptualising De facto international prosecutors in a Global Era:

1. Extending the reach of international criminal law (ICL)

Part II. Three biographical case studies: De facto international prosecutors in practice:

2. De facto international prosecutors and prosecuting Pinochet (Chile)

3. De facto international prosecutors and a verdict for Habré (Chad)

4. De facto international prosecutors and the CIJA (Syria)

5. A legal obligation to prosecute: from de facto to de jure international prosecutors? (Germany/Syria)

Part III. Framework II: How De facto international prosecutors conceptualise international criminal law:

6. A basic law for international criminal law?

Conclusion

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