The Duty to Prosecute Enforced Disappearances in International Law
Title | The Duty to Prosecute Enforced Disappearances in International Law PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Josi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 73 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Enforced Disappearance
Title | Enforced Disappearance PDF eBook |
Author | Marthe Lot Vermeulen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Disappeared persons |
ISBN | 9781780680651 |
"School of Human Rights Research"--Cover.
Enforced Disappearances in International Human Rights
Title | Enforced Disappearances in International Human Rights PDF eBook |
Author | María Fernanda Pérez Solla |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2006-03-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0786423250 |
It was from Argentina, in the years 1976 to 1983, that the world heard the cries of the families of los desaparecidos, the disappeared--20,000 to 30,000 people made to vanish forever by official sleight of hand. In the years since, the scope and range of governmentally sanctioned kidnappings has spread exponentially, making enforced disappearances a truly global problem. This volume provides an in-depth legal investigation of involuntary disappearances as defined by national and international law. Beginning with a detailed discussion of what constitutes an enforced disappearance, it goes on to consider how various international organizations such as the United Nations view this problem. Using the Multiple Rights Approach, enforced disappearances are examined as a violation of internationally defined basic rights such as the right to personal freedom, the right to protection against torture and the right to a judicial remedy. Viewpoints of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the European System of Protection are scrutinized with special consideration regarding the international laws applicable to the problem. The availability (or lack thereof) of restitution and compensation for material damage, mental and physical anguish, and loss of opportunity is also addressed. Finally, the work considers the need for a comprehensive and coherent framework when dealing with enforced disappearances.
The Struggle against Enforced Disappearance and the 2007 United Nations Convention
Title | The Struggle against Enforced Disappearance and the 2007 United Nations Convention PDF eBook |
Author | Tullio Scovazzi |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2007-08-31 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9047430778 |
Enforced disappearance is one of the most serious human rights violations. It constitutes an autonomous offence and a crime under international law on account of its multiple and continuing character. It is not a phenomenon of the past, nor is it geographically limited to Latin America: such scourge is widespread today and on the increase in other continents. For more than twenty-five years, relatives of disappeared people worldwide have insisted on the pressing need for an international legally binding instrument against enforced disappearances. 2006 is the year of the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, which represents the result of several legislative and jurisprudential developments that are duly analyzed in this book. The Convention has been opened for signature in February 2007.
Enforced Disappearance in International Law
Title | Enforced Disappearance in International Law PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Ott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Criminal jurisdiction |
ISBN | 9781780680040 |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Lucerne, 2010.
Enforced Disappearance
Title | Enforced Disappearance PDF eBook |
Author | Eirini Giorgou |
Publisher | |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2015 |
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ISBN |
International Law of Victims
Title | International Law of Victims PDF eBook |
Author | Carlos Fernández de Casadevante Romani |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2012-07-11 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 3642281400 |
After having ignored victims, only recently both domestic and international law have begun to pay attention to them. As a consequence, different international norms related to victims have progressively been introduced. These are norms generally characterized by a certain concept from the perspective of victims, as well as by the enumeration of a list of rights to which they are entitle to; rights upon which the international statute of victims is built. In reverse, these catalogues of rights are the states’ obligations. Most of these rights are already existent in the international law of human rights. Consequently, they are not new but consolidated rights. Others are strictly linked to victims, concerning the following categories: victims of crime, victims of abuse of power, victims of gross violations of international human rights law, victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law, victims of enforced disappearance, victims of violations of international criminal law and victims of terrorism.