RT Book
T1 Hiding in plain sight: the pursuit of war criminals from Nuremberg to the war on terror
A1 Stover, Eric 1952-
A1 Peskin, Victor 1967-
A1 Koenig, Alexa 1972-
LA English
PP Oakland, California
PB University of California Press
YR 2016
ED First edition
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1619503026
AB "Hiding in Plain Sight tells the story of the global effort to apprehend the world's most wanted fugitives. Beginning with the flight of an estimated thirty thousand Nazi war criminals after the Second World War, then moving on to the question of justice following the recent Balkan wars and the Rwandan genocide, and ending with the establishment of the International Criminal Court and America's pursuit of suspected terrorists in the aftermath of 9/11, the book explores the range of diplomatic and military strategies--both successful and unsuccessful--that states and international courts have adopted to pursue and capture war crimes suspects. It is a story fraught with broken promises, backroom politics, ethical dilemmas, and daring escapades--all in the name of international justice and human rights. In this exhaustively researched and compelling written work of political and judicial history, the authors argue that while the legal and operational regimes needed to apprehend and deliver suspected war criminals to justice are largely in place, the political will on the part of states to make arrests happen in a consistent and apolitical manner remains elusive. And until this situation is rectified, murderers will get away with murder, and torturers will retire with pensions"--Provided by publisher
AB Introduction : the promise of international justice -- To Nuremberg and beyond -- The hunters and the hunted -- The last Nazi war criminals -- Balkan fugitives, international prosecutors -- Tracking Rwanda's genocidaires -- Hybrid tribunals : thinking globally, acting locally -- International Criminal Court : at the mercy of states -- The "War on Terror" and its legacy -- Epilogue : the future of global justice
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-460) and index
CN KZ1168.5
SN 9780520278059
SN 0520278054
SN 0520962761
K1 War crime trials
K1 War crimes investigation
K1 War criminals
K1 International criminal courts
K1 Internationales Strafrecht
K1 Kriegsverbrechen
K1 Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit
K1 Kriegsverbrecher
K1 Strafgericht
K1 Strafverfahren
K1 Strafverfolgung
K1 Geschichte
K1 Weltordnung
K1 Soziale Gerechtigkeit
K1 Nazism
K1 Erde
K1 Kriegsverbrechen : Internationales Strafrecht : Strafverfolgung : Internationale Strafgerichtsbarkeit : Geschichte