People's Tribunals, Human Rights and the Law

Searching for Justice
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-08388-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 339 g

People’s Tribunals are independent, peaceful, grassroots movements, created by members of civil society, to address impunity that is associated with ongoing or past atrocities. As such, they offer society an alternative history and create a space for healing and reconciliation to take place that may otherwise be stifled by political agendas and legal technicalities. Since the 1960’s, People’s Tribunals have grown and developed to address many kinds of situations, from genocide to environmental degradation.

This book presents a balance of academic and practitioner perspectives on People’s Tribunals. It explores key questions relating to their formation and roles and discusses what they can offer to victims and survivors. The volume provides an introduction to the subject, theoretically informed discussion reflecting different perspectives, and a range of contributions focusing on different types of People’s Tribunals and various aspects of their operation. The authors analyse advantages and disadvantages of these movements in a variety of contexts. The impact and contribution they have in the international criminal law and international human rights context is also discussed.

The book will be welcomed by those interested in international criminal law, human rights, environmental justice, transitional justice and international relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paulose, Regina Menachery

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Genozid und ethnische Säuberung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Kommunal- und Baurecht Raumordnung, Städtebau, Wohnungsbaurecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1 Can you hear the people sing? Victim/survivor rights in People’s Tribunals; 2 Political will and the people's will: the role of People's Tribunals in international justice; 3 People’s Tribunals and truth commissions; 4 Panem et circences? Peoples’ Tribunals from a TWAIL perspective; 5 The right to tell: the Sarajevo Women Court in search for a feminist approach to justice; 6 The Iran Tribunal: an international People's Tribunal for the promotion of truth and justice; 7 The role of the PPT in securing the rights of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar; 8 People’s Tribunals, law and ecological justice: the Australian contribution; 9 People’s Tribunals and how they examine childhood sexual abuse; 10 The China Tribunal; 11 Transitional justice delayed is not transitional justice denied: contemporary confrontation of Japanese human experimentation during World War II through a People’s Tribunal; 12 From painkillers to cures: challenges and future of People's Tribunals

Über Autor(innen)

Regina Menachery Paulose is a US based international criminal law attorney. She obtained her JD from Seattle University School of Law and her LLM in International Crime and Justice from the University of Turin/UNICRI. She was the Chair of the Steering Committee on the UK Child Sex Abuse People’s Tribunal and was a panel member on the China Tribunal.