Product Description: In the aftermath of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina was established under Annex 6 to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dayton Peace Agreement)...read more

Product Description: The seabed and ocean floor, as well as the subsoil that are beyond the limits of any national jurisdiction, are governed by the UN Convention of the Law of Sea. This area, some 200 nautical miles from baselines along the shore into the ocean, is subject to international regulation...read more

Product Description: The Special Court for Sierra Leone is an independent judicial body set up to "try those who bear greatest responsibility" for serious violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, committed during the Sierra Leone civil war which began in 1991 and was declared officially over on January 18, 2002...read more

Product Description: The Special Court for Sierra Leone is an independent judicial body set up to "try those who bear greatest responsibility" for serious violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, committed during the Sierra Leone civil war which began in 1991 and was declared officially over on January 18, 2002...read more

Product Description: The Special Court for Sierra Leone is an independent judicial body set up to "try those who bear greatest responsibility" for serious violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, committed during the Sierra Leone civil war which began in 1991 and was declared officially over on January 18, 2002...read more

Product Description: This series highlights the various subjects that arise when parties start prosecuting or defending international crimes before national and international courts. Each volume contains a short introduction to the subject, basic documents, abstracts of case law, and bibliographical information that helps to deepen the knowledge of the "issue" involved...read more

Product Description: 161 people have been indicted for serious violations of international humanitarian law which had been committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The Encyclopedia on the ICTY series will provide for a complete overview of the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), presenting all the cases and background materials on the Tribunal...read more

Product Description: 161 people have been indicted for serious violations of international humanitarian law which had been committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The Encyclopedia on the ICTY series will provide for a complete overview of the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), presenting all the cases and background materials on the Tribunal...read more

Recognizing that serious violations of humanitarian law were committed in Rwanda, and acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the UN Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by Resolution 955 in November 1994. The ICTR was established for the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law, committed in the territory of Rwanda from January to December of 1994. It may also deal with the prosecution of Rwandan citizens responsible for genocide and other such violations of international law committed in the territory of neighboring States during the same period. To present, 44 people have been accused in 35 judgements. International Courts Association begins this series with a presentation of the finished cases, as well as the background materials to the ICTR. With additional volumes being published in the coming years, Encyclopedia on the ICTR is unique and will be the most cited and complete series covering the work of the Tribunal.

Product Description: International criminal law has developed extraordinarily quickly over the last decade, with the creation of ad hoc tribunals in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the establishment of a permanent international criminal court. This collection provides a timely and comprehensive survey of emerging and existing areas of international criminal law...read more

Product Description: Torture cannot be defined by a list of prohibited practices. Human rights treaties define it in a number of different ways, reflecting the different contexts in which they were drafted and the purposes of each particular treaty. It is impossible to draw a clear dividing line between 'torture' and other 'cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment...read more

Product Description: In June 1999, following a 78 day-long NATO campaign, the United Nations was tasked to govern Kosovo through its Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). UNMIK was given an unprecedented sweeping mandate to provide Kosovo with a "transitional administration, while establishing and overseeing the development of provisional democratic self-governing institutions to ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for all inhabitants in Kosovo...read more

The Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation in East Timor (more commonly known by its Portuguese acronym CAVR: Comissao de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliacao de Timor Leste) was an independent truth commission established in East Timor in 2001 under the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). This Commission was charged to "inquire into human rights violations committed on all sides, between April 1974 and October 1999, and facilitate community reconciliation with justice for those who committed less serious offenses." The Commission delivered its 2,500-page report, covering human rights violations from 1974 to 1999, to the President of East Timor in October 2005. The President then handed the report to the Secretary General of the UN as required by law, in January 2006. This book presents an overview of the work of the Commission.

Product Description: The history of the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) spans over more than a century. While efforts to create a global criminal court can be traced back to the early 19th century, the story began in earnest in 1872 with Gustav Moynier - one of the founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross - who proposed a permanent court in response to the crimes of the Franco-Prussian War...read more

Product Description: This series by the International Courts Association presents landmark cases in international criminal law. Each volume contains the legal materials related to the presented case, as well as background information on the Tribunal/Court itself...read more

Product Description: Recognizing that serious violations of humanitarian law were committed in Rwanda, and acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the UN Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by Resolution 955 in November 1994...read more

Product Description: 161 people have been indicted for serious violations of international humanitarian law which had been committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The Encyclopedia on the ICTY series will provide for a complete overview of the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), presenting all the cases and background materials on the Tribunal...read more

Product Description: Even in the middle of the ocean, the law is in action. Legal experts are constantly needed to interpret the laws established by United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Thus, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) was established in 1994 as an independent body in Hamburg, Germany to deal with international maritime disputes...read more

Product Description: The Special Court for Sierra Leone was set up jointly by the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations. It is mandated to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law, committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since November 30, 1996...read more

Product Description: Even in the middle of the ocean, the law is in action. Legal experts are constantly needed to interpret the laws established by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Thus, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) was established in 1994 as an independent body in Hamburg, Germany to deal with international maritime disputes...read more

Product Description: Even in the middle of the ocean, the law is in action. Legal experts are constantly needed to interpret the laws established by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Thus, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) was established in 1994 as an independent body in Hamburg, Germany to deal with international maritime disputes...read more