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Truth commissions and criminal courts / (Record no. 12494)

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9781107008038 (hardback)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 1107008034 (hardback)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number KC219.B57 2012
Item number 08145418
MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Bisset, Alison.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Truth commissions and criminal courts /
Statement of responsibility, etc Alison Bisset.
Copyright Date
Place of publication New York
Name of publisher Cambridge University Press
Year of publication or production 2012
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xvi, 205 pages ;
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: 1. Truth commissions and trials within the transitional justice framework; 2. Truth commissions and international jurisdiction to prosecute; 3. Coordinating truth commissions and trials at the national level; 4. Coordinating truth commissions and ICC operations; 5. Coordinating truth commissions and prosecutions in bystander states; 6. Conclusion: coordinating truth commissions and trials in the ICC era.
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "This detailed evaluation of the relationship between trials and truth commissions challenges their assumed compatibility through an analysis of their operational features at national, inter-state and international levels. Alison Bisset conducts case-study analyses of national practice in South Africa, East Timor and Sierra Leone, evaluates the problems posed by the International Criminal Court and considers the challenges presented by the possibility of bystander state prosecutions. At each level, she highlights potential operational conflicts and formulates targeted proposals to enable effective coexistence"--
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term International criminal courts.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Truth commissions.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Jurisdiction (International law)
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Transitional justice.
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Books

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