International Crimes, Peace, and Human Rights: The Role of the International Criminal Court

Dinah Shelton is Professor of International Law at Notre Dame Law School.

Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Precedents and Their Lessons;
Chapter 1: The Experience of Nuremberg, Benjamin Ferencz;
Chapter 2: The Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to Reconciliation in Rwanda, Alinikisa Mafwenga;
Chapter 3: The Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandra Coliver;
Part II: A Merger of International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law, and Human Rights Law?
Chapter 4: Toward International Human Rights Crimes: An Asian Perspective on Human Rights and
International Criminal Law, Clarence Dias;
Chapter 5: How the International Criminal Court Should Help Implement International Humanitarian Law,
Patrick Zahnd;
Chapter 6: Women’s Issues in International Criminal Law: Recent Developments and the Potential
Contribution of the ICC, Kelly Dawn Askin;
Chapter 7: International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Criminal
Law and Procedure: New Relationships, Juan E. Méndez;
Part III: International Public Policy and the ICC: Accountability, Deterrence, and Redress;
Chapter 8: Amnesty and the International Criminal Court, Naomi Roht-Arriaza;
Chapter 9: Domestic Amnesties and International Accountability, Garth Meintjes;
Chapter 10: The International Criminal Court and the Challenge of Deterrence, Gustavo Gallón;
Chapter 11: The Penalty Provisions of the ICC Statute, William A. Schabas;
Chapter 12: Reparations for Victims of International Crimes, Dinah L. Shelton;
Chapter 13: The Trust Fund of the ICC, Thordis Ingadottir;
Chapter 14: Are Reparations Appropriately Addressed in the ICC Statute?, Fiona McKay;
Part IV: Problems of Jurisdiction and Effectiveness;
Chapter 15: Complementarity and Its Discontents: States, Victims, and the International Criminal Court,
Madeline Morris;
Chapter 16: The United States and the ICC, David Scheffer;
Chapter 17: The ICC Statute: Protecting the Sovereign Rights of Non-Parties, Roger S. Clark;
Chapter 18: High Crimes and Misconceptions: The ICC and Non-Party States, Madeline Morris;
Appendix: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; Index;