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Imagining Justice for Syria

Imagining Justice for Syria

Van Schaack, Beth

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This book situates the war in Syria within the actual and imagined system of international criminal justice. It explores the legal impediments and diplomatic challenges that have led to the fatal trinity affecting Syria: the massive commission of international crimes that are subject to detailed investigations and documentation but whose perpetrators have enjoyed virtually complete impunity. Given this tragic state of affairs, the book tracks a number of accountability solutions being explored within multilateral initiatives and by civil society actors, including innovations of institutional design; the renewed utility of a range of domestic jurisdictional principles (including the revival of universal jurisdiction in Europe); the emergence of creative investigative and documentation techniques, technologies, and organizations; and the rejection of state consent as a precondition for the exercise of jurisdiction.

Engaging both law and policy around international justice, the text offers a set of justice blueprints, within and without the International Criminal Court. It also considers the utility, propriety, and practicality of pursuing a transitional justice program without a genuine political transition. All told, the book attempts to capture results of the creative energy radiating from members of the international community intent on advancing the accountability norm in Syria even in the face of geopolitical blockages within the U.N. Security Council. In so doing, it presents the range of juridical measures-both criminal and civil - that would be available to the international community to respond to the crisis, if only the political will existed.
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Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR
Bisac Major Subject
Law
Binding Type
Hardcover
Country Of Origin
US
Number Of Units
1
Length
9.4 Inches
Barcode Indicator
EAN
Width
6.4 Inches
Publication Date
1970-01-01
Height
1.2 Inches
ISBN 10
0190055960
Weight
2.15 Pounds
Book EAN
9780190055967
Target Audiance
Adults

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