书目名称 | International Criminal Tribunals and Human Rights Law |
副标题 | Adherence and Contex |
编辑 | Krit Zeegers |
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概述 | Examines the question whether and why international organizations are bound by international law.Researches the source and content of International Criminal Tribunals’ obligation to respect internatio |
丛书名称 | International Criminal Justice Series |
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描述 | This book addresses the interpretation and application of human rights norms by International Criminal Tribunals (ICTs). Such Tribunals are widely heralded as human rights defenders. At the same time, however, they employ activities that necessary entail the risk of human rights violations: they conduct criminal investigations, arrest and detain individuals, and put them on trial. This book investigates this flip-side of the ICTs’ relationship with international human rights law, and focuses on the ICTs’ own interpretation and application of human rights norms..First, the book addresses whether and how ICTs are bound by human rights law, since unlike states, they do not sign or ratify human rights conventions. Second, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the way in which ICTs interpret and apply human rights norms, compared to the way in which these norms are interpreted in a traditional state-context. Relying on the unique circumstances in which theyoperate, ICTs have often deviated from generally accepted interpretations of human rights. The author critically examines this so-called contextual approach and seeks to recommend ways in which ICTs can improve their interpretativ |
出版日期 | Book 2016 |
关键词 | International Criminal Law; International Human Rights Law; International Criminal Tribunals; Internati |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-102-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-6265-102-9Series ISSN 2352-6718 Series E-ISSN 2352-6726 |
issn_series | 2352-6718 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE |