Judging war crimes and torture: French justice and international criminal tribunals and commissions (1940-2005)
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Main Author: Beigbeder, Yves (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Martinus Nijhoff 2006
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
French democracy and justice -- French colonialism -- The French Vietnam War (1946-1954) -- Madagascar : revolt and repression (1947-1948) -- French Algeria : the "dirty war" (1954-1962) -- Vichy's regime, legislation, and justice -- Post-liberation myth, purge, and trials -- From Barbie to Papon -- The Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals -- The genocide in Rwanda -- Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia -- The International Criminal Court
Even democracies commit war crimes. France has long ignored its colonial crimes, only denounced by a few courageous opponents and revealed in trials. France is not the only democracy to have violated international humanitarian law. However, these violations must be exposed, so that they are not repeated
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 377 pages)
ISBN:9004153292
904741070X
9789004153295
9789047410706

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