The fall of dictatorial regimes and the eruption of destructive civil conflicts around the world
have led to calls for holding individuals accountable for human rights atrocities. This book …

This book examines laws and customs of war prohibiting rape crimes dating back thousands
of years, even though gender-specific crimes, particularly sex crimes, have been prevalent …

A soldier obeys illegal orders, thinking them lawful. When should we excuse his misconduct
as based in reasonable error? How can courts convincingly convict the soldier's superior …

The substance of this book is an evaluation of history in one particular sphere, the use of
lethal force by agents of the state in Northern Ireland. The book has particularly …

What is the legal status of the Guantanamo Bay detainees? May an AI Qaeda member be
targeted while he is sleeping under his own roof? May members of the United States' armed …

Implementing International Humanitarian Law examines the international humanitarian law
rules and their application by the ad hoc tribunals with regard to the substantive laws of the …

The purpose of this book is to find a unified approach to the doctrine of mens rea in the
sphere of international criminal law, based on an in-depth comparative analysis of different …

Harvard Human Rights Journal/Vol. 28 transformative reparations go beyond the immediacy
of sexual violence, encompassing the equality, justice, and longitudinal needs of those who …

Writing during the early days of the Cold War, Carl Friedrich, a Harvard University professor
of political science, described the tension between national security and civil rights and …

By trying to make everything too nice, incorporationism represses contradictions. It usurps
women's language in order to further define the world in the male image; it thus deprives …