International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes

Part I.Fundamental Questions

1. Protection of Human Rights by Means of Criminal Law: On the Relationship between Criminal Law and Politics
Jörg Arnold

2. Global Constitutional Struggles: Human Rights between colère publique and colère politique
Andreas Fischer-Lescano

3. The Future of Universal Jurisdiction
Peter Weiss

4. On the Aims and Actual Consequences of International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes
Peer Stolle, Tobias Singelnstein

Part II.Developments in Law and Practice

5. Prosecuting International Crimes at the National and International Level: Between Justice and Realpolitik
Kai Ambos

6. Addressing the Relationship between State Immunity and Jus Cogens Norms: A Comparative Assessment
Lorna McGregor

7. Universal Jurisdiction: Developing and Implementing an Effective Global Strategy
Christopher Keith Hall

8. German International Criminal Law in Practice: From Leipzig to Karlsruhe
Wolfgang Kaleck

9. The Pinochet Effect and the Spanish Contribution to Universal Jurisdiction
Naomi Roht-Arriaza

10. Implementing the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction in France
Jeanne Sulzer

11. The Political Funeral Procession for the Belgian UJ Statute
Michael Verhaeghe

12. The Approach of the United Kingdom to Crimes under International Law: The Application of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
Carla Ferstman

13. Coming to Terms with Genocide in Rwanda: The Role of International and National Justice
Dieter Magsam

Part III.The “War on Terror” in Particular

14. Military Necessity, Torture, and the Criminality of Lawyers
Scott Horton

15. The Prohibition of Torture: Absolute Means Absolute
Nigel S. Rodley

16. Litigating Guantánamo
Michael Ratner

17. Universality, Complementarity, and the Duty to Prosecute Crimes Under International Law in Germany
Florian Jessberger

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