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M Cherif Bassiouni was a towering figure in international law. He was personally connected to some of the most historically relevant moments of the past century: the Suez War, the Camp David Accords, the fall of Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and the establishment of the International Criminal Court. A true global citizen - raised in Egypt, educated in Europe and emigrated to the United States - his life cut across cultures and religions. This fa...

The United States has historically been regarded as a moral leader opening the pathway for human rights. The country which for so long has struggled for the establishment of the rule of law - as well as to be a model for other nations in observing it - has, since September11, 2001, committed abhorrent practices of torture, which the US has fought against when committed by others. What seems astonishing is that such practices took place within ...

The investigation into the conflict in the former Yugoslavia is detailed in this book, including the uncovering of 187 mass graves, the interviewing of 223 victims of rape and sexual assault, and the utilization of prison camps and mass expulsion for the purpose of ethnic cleansing.

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This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of extradition to and from the United States, while making critical, theoretical, and practical evaluations of these aspects, and proposing alternatives. The Sixth Edition updates the treaties, laws, and cases cited with new content, including comparative material dealing with the European Union, cases involving the United States decided by other countries, and major decisions of the high courts of t...

Shows that the shari'a and Islamic law are compatible with contemporary international human rights laws and norms, and appropriate for use in Muslim societies.

This innovative and important book applies classical Sunni Muslim legal and religious doctrine to contemporary issues surrounding armed conflict. In doing so it shows that the shari'a and Islamic law are not only compatible with contemporary international human rights law and international humanitarian law norms, but are appropriate for use in Muslim societies.

This book retraces the evolution of crimes against humanity and their application in terms of both historic legal analysis and subject-matter content.

Through the description and analysis of Egypt's 2011 Revolution, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the 2013 reassertion of the military regime that has existed since 1952, this book highlights the Egyptian people's struggle for freedom, justice, and human dignity, in light of the daunting economic and social challenges they face.

Through the description and analysis of Egypt's 2011 Revolution, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the 2013 reassertion of the military regime that has existed since 1952, this book highlights the Egyptian people's struggle for freedom, justice, and human dignity, in light of the daunting economic and social challenges they face.

Current media and political discourse on crime has long ignored crimes committed by States themselves, despite their greater financial and human toll. For two decades, scholars have examined how and why States violate their own laws and international law and explored what can be done to reduce or prevent these injustices. Through essays by leading scholars, State Crime offers a set of cases exemplifying state criminality along with various met...

An extensive body of law designed to control international terror violence has come into being, it is an assembly of reports and resolutions, conventions, and scattered treaty provisions. This volume includes all relevant conventions adopted since the League of Nations Convention of 1937.

This title is a comprehensive one volume source for authoritative texts of multilateral and bilateral agreements limiting the use and proliferation of weapons of war. It includes 84 documents, as well as, explanatory charts and introductory essays.

This comprehensive compilation of some 200 documents on the Arab-Israeli conflict and a variety of related issues includes all the researcher, analyst, and student of this conflict and region needs to consult in a single text. It covers the years 1897 to 2003. Documents are listed in chronological order because many documents refer to more than one subject. They are, how-ever, identified in the introduction according to subject matter. When di...

This unique work is an article-by-article drafting history of the ICC Statute containing all versions of every article in the Statute as it evolved from 1994 to 1998. It also integrates in the Statute's provisions the "Elements of the Crimes" and the "Rules of Procedure and Evidence" adopted by the preparatory Commission (1998-2000). Other relevant documents are also included, such as those concerning the privileges and immunities and financia...

In this revised edition, Professor Bassiouni persuasively establishes the legal validity of the Nuremberg Charter and describes the evolution of crimes against humanity' from 1945 to the 1998 ICC Statute. The book's comprehensive historical and legal analysis starts with the origins of this crime in the international regulation of armed conflicts and covers the Nuremberg, Tokyo and Allied Prosecutions after World War II, and subsequent nationa...

The definitive treatise on international criminal law, M. Cherif Bassiounia (TM)s unique 3- volume collection is now in its third edition. Written by more than 50 outstanding authorities from 19 countries, it covers the entire field, from the theory of what makes a crime "international" to the step-by-step conduct of an international prosecution. Its in-depth coverage includes: analysis of the doctrinal basis of international criminal law the ...

The emergence of a global community is accompanied by a realization that greater cooperation is essential to its welfare. This is particularly true in the area of crime prevention and control. The increase in international, transnational, transboundary and national crime has contributed to a genuine growth in the body of international criminal law. The most effective way to combat such crimes is for states to accept an obligation to try intern...

This book contains a collection of articles by authors from countries in Africa. The topics cover a wide range of issues in the administration of criminal justice and human rights. The different scholarly contributions facilitate a better understanding of certain aspects of the administration of criminal justice in the African sub-region and focus on specific human rights issues as they relate to international and African instruments on the pr...