Accountability for International Humanitarian Law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-642-06544-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 604 g

The book is a critical review of accountability conducted under the authority of the United Nations Security Council, by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). It is centred on two case studies: the 1999 events in Rwanda, and the 1999 mayhem in East Timor. The books subjects to testing cross-examination tools to hold accountable persons with „the greatest responsibility" for serious international humanitarian law violations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Othman, Mohamed

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Rwanda and East Timor: Pattern of Violence.- Accountability Arrangements: Rwanda.- Accountability Arrangements: East Timor.- Profiling Perpetrators.- Conspiracy to commit genocide.- Superior Responsibility.- Guilty Pleas.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Mohamed Othman is currently Senior Legal and Justice Sector Reform Adviser with UNDP, Cambodia. His previous assignments included that of Prosecutor General of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) in 2000-2001; Chief of Prosecutions of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1998-2000), and Senior Legal Adviser in the Office of the Prosecutor of ICTR, since 1996. He served as a lead prosecuting counsel in the case involving the former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Jean Kambanda. Mr. Othman holds a LLB (Hons) from the University of Dar es salaam, and a MA from Webster University in Geneva. He has published numerous scholarly works on International Humanitarian Law.