Prosecuting human rights offences : rethinking the sword function of human rights law /

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Author / Creator:	Kamber, Krešimir, author.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	International criminal law series ; volume 11 International criminal law series (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 11.
Subject:	Prosecution -- Decision making. Liability for human rights violations. Human rights -- Criminal provisions. Victims of crimes -- Civil rights. International and municipal law. Human rights -- Criminal provisions. International and municipal law. Liability for human rights violations. Prosecution -- Decision making. Victims of crimes -- Civil rights.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12482853

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ISBN:	9004337768 9789004337763 9789004337756 900433775X
Notes:	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Ghent University Faculty of Law, 2016) issued under title: Effective application of criminal law mechanics in human rights protection : the function of criminal prosecution in contemporary criminal justice systems. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	In 'Prosecuting Human Rights Offences: Rethinking the Sword Function of Human Rights Law' the author explores and explains the extent to which the features of the procedural obligation to investigate, prosecute and punish criminal attacks on human rights determine the contemporary understanding of the function of criminal prosecution. The author provides an innovate and thought-provoking account of the highly topical and largely unexplored topic of the sword function of human rights law. The book contains the first comprehensive and holistic analysis of the procedural obligation to investigate and prosecute human rights offences in the law of the European Convention on Human Rights, which the author puts in the general perspectives of human rights law and criminal procedure.
Other form:	Print version: Kamber, Krešimir. Prosecuting human rights offences. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004337756
Standard no.:	10.1163/9789004337763

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Procedural obligation in the multi-layered structure of human rights
Obligation to investigate and prosecute human rights offences in international human rights law
Obligation to investigate and prosecute human rights offences under the ECHR
The concept of procedural obligation in practical legal reasoning
Conceptualising variances: the right-claim to effective application of criminal-law mechanisms and the public prerogative of criminal prosecution
Optimising variances : differentiation of the human rights element in the charging process
Conclusion.

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