Mohamed Othman

Accountability for International Humanitarian Law Violations: The Case of Rwanda and East Timor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book is a critical review of accountability conducted under the authority of the United Nations Security Council, by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). It is centred on two case studies: the 1999 events in Rwanda, and the 1999 mayhem in East Timor. The books subjects to testing cross-examination tools to hold accountable persons with "the greatest responsibility" for serious international humanitarian law violations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-06544-6
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9783642065446
• ISBN-10: 3642065449
• Artikelnr.: 32071249

Autorenporträt

Mohamed Othman is currently Senior Legal and Justice Sector Reform Adviser with UNDP, Cambodia. His previous assignments included that of Prosecutor General of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) in 2000-2001; Chief of Prosecutions of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1998-2000), and Senior Legal Adviser in the Office of the Prosecutor of ICTR, since 1996. He served as a lead prosecuting counsel in the case involving the former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Jean Kambanda. Mr. Othman holds a LLB (Hons) from the University of Dar es salaam, and a MA from Webster University in Geneva. He has published numerous scholarly works on International Humanitarian Law.

Inhaltsangabe

Rwanda and East Timor: Pattern of Violence.- Accountability Arrangements: Rwanda.- Accountability Arrangements: East Timor.- Profiling Perpetrators.- Conspiracy to commit genocide.- Superior Responsibility.- Guilty Pleas.- Conclusion.

Rezensionen

From the reviews of the first edition:

"The book represents a bold examination of complex international affairs which are both politically and legally fluid. It is a detailed, critical account of the factors that led to atrocities committed by and with the sanction of state organs against innocent civilians ... . The work demonstrates commendable academic rigour and research. It is well researched and referenced, and is supplemented by a glossary and an explanation of acronyms and abbreviations used within the tribunals." (Guy Cumes, Criminal Law Forum, Issue 17, 2006)

Aus den Rezensionen: "... In seiner vergleichenden, primär auf Rechtsfragen konzentrierten, Länderstudie zeichnet der Autor die Arbeit des Internationalen UNO-Tribunals für Ruanda (lCTR) und der Übergangsverwaltung der Vereinten Nationen in Osttimor UNTAET nach. ... Othman war sowohl im lCTR als auch in der UNTEAET [sic] staatsanwaltlich tätig und vermittelt insofern einen tiefen Einblick in die Praxis und Problematik internationaler Strafgerichtsbarkeit." (in: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 2006, Vol. 16, Issue 4, S. 1571 f.)