Essays about: "international law in rwanda"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the words international law in rwanda.
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16. Preventing Future Human Rights Violations - Truth Commissions or Tribunals?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : In the past few decades the ways of addressing past atrocities in states on the verge of transition from abusive regimes to human rights abiding democracies have developed into an area of international law commonly known as 'Transitional Justice'. The focus lies on facilitating the transition through different measures with the purpose of addressing the past and seeking reparation for the victims. READ MORE
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17. Special Rules for Special Courts? - The United Nations International Criminal Courts from a Human Rights Perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda symbolise the commitment of the international community to put an end to impunity and to reintroduce justice and due process where it has long been denied. With the addition of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court international criminal justice has developed into a permanent feature of international law. READ MORE
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18. How Gender and the Right to Culture have Influenced the Development of Modern International Criminal Law: A Study on the Crime of Gender-Based Persecution under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Nearly a decade has passed since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (''Rome Statute'') on 17 July 1998. International criminal law has advanced considerably during this period, particularly with respect to the crime of gender-based persecution. READ MORE
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19. Current Development of the Concept of Genocide in the Jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Tribunals and Its Possible Further Impact on the Practice of the International Criminal Court
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Though the practice of genocide traces its roots back to the atrocities committed in the ancient times, however, the international community has shown its reluctance to acknowledge the existence of that horrific crime. The impunity for the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Young Turks of Ottoman Empire in 1915 had a significant impact on Adolf Hitler who referred to the Ottoman killings of Armenians in his political speeches justifying Nazi's brutal policy. READ MORE
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20. Dealing with genocide - The judicial responses to the 1994 atrocities in Rwanda
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Today, 14 years have gone since the whole world turned their backs on Rwanda, the small country in East Africa, during a time when its population needed us the most. These were the same nations that already after the Second World War had made a promise about ''Never Again'', then meaning that they would never again allow another attempt to exterminate an entire ethnic group. READ MORE
