International Criminal Justice & post conflict
Accountability and complementarity between courts
By Mónica Martínez (21/10/2008)
Since the beginning of the 1990s, a new culture of accountability and defence of
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human rights has increasingly been established. International will in favour of such a move serves to confirm the link between international systems of accountability and the maintenance of peace and security.
The Afghanistan-Pakistán nexus
By Robert Matthews (20/10/2008)
Pakistan, a country that Newsweek headlined in late 2007 as “the most dangerous country on earth”, has become perceptibly more dangerous.
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
European efforts in transitional justice
By María Avello (03/09/2008)
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Over the last few years, Europe has reacted in different ways to the need for accountability that arises in countries and regions emerging from a conflict. This paper analyse the initiatives which have been undertaken by both the EU and the countries themselves in their internal legislation.
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
Seeking Accountability for Sexual Crimes in Post-Conflict Situations
By Fionnuala Ni Eigeartaigh (14/07/2008)
The systematic use of extreme violence, in particular sexual violence, in conflict and post-conflict situations raises the pressing question of how to end the cycle of impunity. On 13 and 14 May 2008, representatives of the International Criminal Court and the ad hoc tribunals, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, human rights organisations, and the European Parliament were brought together.
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Legality and legitimacy in the use of force
By Natalia Alvarez Molinero (07/07/2008)
This article analyses the juridical arguments and the international trends which have brought on the current reformulation of International Law since the terrorist attacks of the 11th of September 2001.
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