War Crimes and Trials - Taulbee, James

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Résumé :
This comprehensive reference work serves as an important resource for anyone interested in the international prosecution of war crimes and how it has evolved. War Crimes and Trials analyzes the evolution of war crime trials through primary sources. Beginning with a general discussion of why regulations for war have evolved, it then illustrates the resulting changes in the nature and consequences of war as well as attitudes toward war as a part of international life. Moreover, it contextualizes contemporary rules that pertain to both international and non-international armed conflicts. The heart of the book focuses on 12 World War II cases central to the development of war law over the next 50 years, including the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials of major war criminals. It additionally dedicates discussion to the evolution of the law after World War II as set in motion by the United Nations, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and amendments, the background and operation of the ad hoc international criminal courts, and the creation of the permanent International Criminal Court, illustrating problems and successes through 12 cases drawn from these four courts....

Biographie:
408-409)
Testimony
The Power of the Media in a Closed Environment
A Final Note on the ICTR
References
32 The Special Court for Sierra Leone: The Charles Taylor Trial
Background: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Liberia
Sierra Leone and Liberia
Document: Statute of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
The Statute
Charles Taylor Indictment
Trial Summary #23: Prosecutor v. Charles Ghankay Taylor
Document: Prosecutor v. Charles Ghankay Taylor
Testimony
Appeal
The Residual Special Court
References
33 The International Criminal Court
Politics and Promise
Document: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
A Note on Other Courts
Structure and Jurisdiction
How Do Cases Come to the Court?
Article 16: Deferral of Investigation and Prosecution
Article 9: Elements of Crimes
Document: Elements of Crimes: Crimes against Humanity
Article 7: Crimes against Humanity
The United States and the ICC
Other Crises: The Politics of Prosecution
Deferred Issue: The Crime of Aggression
Document: Jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression
Activation
Document: Elements of Crimes: Aggression
References
34 Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Referral and Arrest
Warrant of Arrest
Warrant for Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Document: Warrant of Arrest, Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Case of the Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Legal Issues Prior to the Trial
The First Stay of Trial Proceedings
The Second Stay of Trial Proceedings
Trial Summary #24: Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Document: XI. Individual Criminal Responsibility of Thomas Lubanga (Article 25(3)(A) of the Statute
Testimony
Controversy
References
35 Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
Bemba and the First Congo War (1996)
The Second Congo War
Movement toward Peace
Bemba and the 2006 Presidential Election
Indictment and Arrest
Role of the LAC
The Plot to Prevent the Trial
Trial Summary #25: Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
Document: Definition of Command Responsibility
A Crime Not Punished
Appeals Chamber Decision
References
Index