Human rights and international criminal law / edited by Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhuiyan, Jahid Hossain, editor.

Khan, Borhan Uddin, editor.

Series:

International Studies in Human Rights ; 138.

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2021.

International Studies in Human Rights ; 138

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2021

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law and human rights.

International criminal law.

Humanitarian law.

Human rights.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998 July 17).

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

International Criminal Court.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

This book examines the importance of international criminal law in promoting and defending human rights as well as its relationship with law and international politics. It highlights criminal cases at the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, the International Criminal Court, and the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. The book considers human rights approaches to crimes from a theoretical and practical perspective, analyses various crimes under international law, and examines the application, implementation and enforcement of international criminal law. This book will serve as an important reference for students, teachers, scholars and lawyers specialising in international human rights, international criminal law and international humanitarian law.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Copyright Page / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Foreword / Raul C. Pangalangan

Acronyms and Abbreviations / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Notes on Editors / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Notes on Contributors / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Complexities and Challenges in Reconciling International Human Rights with International Criminal Law: An Introduction / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Chapter 1 International Crimes and Human Rights / Win-chiat Lee

Chapter 2 Is International Criminal Justice in the Pursuit of Human Rights? / Srinivas Burra

Chapter 3 Militarised Approach to Human Rights / Upendra D. Acharya

Chapter 4 The Contested Definitions of 'International Crimes' / Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman and Borhan Uddin Khan

Chapter 5 Human Trafficking / Calli M. Cain and Dawn L. Rothe

Chapter 6 Acts of International Terrorism / Anupam Jha

Chapter 7 The Crime of Child Recruitment and State Responsibility / Silvina Sánchez Mera

Chapter 8 Comprehensive Prohibition of Torture / Bahzad Joarder

Chapter 9 The Right to Truth in International Criminal Trials / Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Chapter 10 Governing Conflicts between International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law / Matthias Vanhullebusch

Chapter 11 Failed Notions and Lost Opportunities / Sanoj Rajan

Chapter 12 The Principle of Legality and Genocide in the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 / M Sanjeeb Hossain

Chapter 13 Gross Violation of Human Rights and Crime against Humanity / Md Nazrul Islam

Chapter 14 Prosecution of Crimes against Humanity by the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal / M Rafiqul Islam

Chapter 15 Ethnic Cleansing, Human Rights and the Politics of Nationalism in Post-colonial Myanmar / Jobair Alam and Borhan Uddin Khan

Chapter 16 Revisiting the Application of Rome Statute upon Non-party States / Md Mostafa Hosain and Borhan Uddin Khan

Chapter 17 Impediments to the Smooth Functioning of the icc / Nakib M. Nasrullah and Borhan Uddin Khan

Index / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Uddin Khan, Borhan Human Rights and International Criminal Law

ISBN:

90-04-44746-6

OCLC:

1306056909

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004447462 DOI