INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

From : The Hindu


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Norms of global criminal law
AMITA DHANDA
Provides a fair sample of the issues that require deliberation in the realm of international criminal law and human rights .






On the 12th anniversary of the International Criminal Court, the United Nations Secretary-General urged that more countries should accede to the Rome statute so that an era of accountability could be ushered in. Both the institution (ICC) and the statute are important in themselves. Yet any serious discussion on international criminal law cannot be limited to the Roman statute. A collection of essays, the book under review provides a fair sample of the issues that require deliberation in the realm of international criminal law and human rights. While at one end of the spectrum there is an essay discussing the legitimacy of using torture to fight terrorism, at the other end there is another that wants an international legal response to the problem of domestic violence. The history and evaluation of international criminal law; the judicial exposition on serious violations of humanitarian law; and the norms of equity that should guide the ICC in the exercise of its powers are some of the other subjects discussed in the book.
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