International justice and impunity : the case against the United States / edited by Nils Andersson, Daniel Iagolnitzer, Diana G. Collier ; translations, Daniel Iagolnitzer, Diana G. Collier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andersson, Nils, 1933-

Iagolnitzer, Daniel.

Collier, Diana G.

Standardized Title:

Justice internationale et impunité, les cas des États-Unis. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian intervention--Congresses.

Humanitarian intervention.

Government liability--Congresses.

Government liability.

Constitutional torts--United States--Congresses.

Constitutional torts.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

International relations.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

298 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press, Inc., [2008]

Summary:

This book reflects a primary response by international civil society to US disregard for international law. It is a damning indictment of the Hiroshimas of our time. It provides a cogent elaboration of the international legal values to be defended, for humanity to triumph over the new wave of global barbarism brought about by the efforts of the United States to consolidate and extend the dimensions of its empire.

Once the champion of the United Nations, the United States now skirts the Geneva Conventions, uses international humanitarian law as a pretext for intervention, engages in bombardments causing grave civilian losses, seeks to expand its options in relation to torture while continuing to render prisoners to countries known for its practice. Having failed in its effort to block the establishment of the International Criminal Court, the United States still refuses to ratify its Statute-even though the ICC Statute modified the rules of the 1977 Geneva Protocol and The Hague in an effort to satisfy the trajectory pursued by U.S. foreign policy.

The United States' pursuit of a unilateral imperial policy based on military force destroys the credibility of the nascent international legal framework. Rather, the US is leading the world by example toward a future without rules or values, where humanity is subject to the whims of the more powerful.

Former government officials, scholars, advocates and directors of international organizations operating at the highest level in the areas of international humanitarian law address the relevant international law, the threats thereto by US policy, its ramifications for the world system, and possible avenues of legal recourse.

Contents:

Impunity for Power Is the Law of the Jungle / Ramsey Clark 10

Part I From Hiroshima to Guantanamo

Towards the Abolition of Nuclear Arms / Tadatoshi Akiba 23

The Geostrategy of Contemporary Imperialism / Samir Amin 33

The Elimination of Nuclear Weapons through International Law, American Blockage, and the Failure of the NPT / Abraham Behar 56

American Policy in the Middle East and Arab World: Force, Impunity, Lawlessness / Rudolf El-Kareh 63

Impunity and Massive Violations of Humanitarian Law in Vietnam / Monique Chemillier-Gendreau 72

Mortality After the 2003 Invasion of Iraq / Les Roberts 82

Guantanamo, a Model of Illegality / Genevieve Sevrin 90

Freeing the World to Death: How the United States Gets Away With It / William Blum 101

The Strategy of the "Clash of Civilizations" / Pascal Boniface 110

Rulers of the Planet: The Real Reasons for the US Invasion of Iraq / Michael Parenti 118

Part II Humanitarian Law: Legal and Moral Values to Defend

International Law Relative to War and the United States: A General Survey / Daniel Iagolnitzer 127

The Co-optation of Humanitarianism and Its Legal Consequences / Robert Charvin 150

The Bush Doctrine's Ideological Roots: Posing Problems for International Humanitarian Law / Barbara Delcourt 159

Reform of the United Nations and International Humanitarian Law / Stephane Hessel 176

The Necessity of Defending the Rule of Law! / Jan Myrdal 181

Challenges of the New System of International Criminal Justice / Antoine Bernard 186

Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes Against Humanity: A Principle Unacceptable to the Most Powerful / Nuri Albala 201

Part III In Pursuit of an End to Impunity

On Humanitarian Law / Roland Weyl 209

"Strategies of the Weak": Contesting Empire's Law through Litigation under International Humanitarian Law / Amy Bartholomew 214

On the Draft UN Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Terrorism / Karen Parker 233

International Humanitarian Law and Terrorism: the Need to Distinguish Between Combatants and Murderers / Nils Andersson 246

Law Versus the National Interest: The Role of NGOs / Philip Grant 255

Right of Intervention or International Law / Jean Bricmont 264

The Right to Interfere in the Context of Imperial Impunity / Pedro A. Garcia-Bilbao 273

Towards an International Agency for the Evaluation of the Sufferings Caused by War / Vincent Rivasseau 282

What Can Be Done Today? / Nils Andersson, Daniel Iagolnitzer, Vincent Rivasseau 291.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0932863574

9780932863577

OCLC:

212016300

Publisher Number:

99939463098