Concluding remarks: dimensions of ‘Why Punish?’
Since Nuremberg, international punishment for mass atrocities is pervasive, as an idea and as a practice. In fact, many observers regard the institutionalization of international punishment - i.e., the incarceration of perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes - as a progress...
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| Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2021
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Why punish perpetrators of mass atrocities?
Jahr: 2021, Seiten: 380-386 |
| Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
| Zusammenfassung: | Since Nuremberg, international punishment for mass atrocities is pervasive, as an idea and as a practice. In fact, many observers regard the institutionalization of international punishment - i.e., the incarceration of perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes - as a progress and as a promise: The international community, by and large, seems to have, at least rhetorically, agreed that criminal punishment rather than impunity or, e.g., summary executions, is the adequate reaction to mass atrocities. |
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| ISBN: | 9781108475143 |
