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Book SynopsisPromoting Accountability under International Law for Gross Human Rights Violations in Africa reflects primarily upon the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in challenging impunity for serious crimes committed in Rwanda in 1994. The authors, among whom are leading scholars and practitioners of international law, draw lessons for future tribunals such as the permanent International Criminal Court.
Table of ContentsForeword by Sir Dawda Jawara; Foreword by Judge Navi Pillay; Preface and Acknowledgments; Hassan Bubacar Jallow: A Biographical Summary; Abbreviations; List of Editors and Contributors; Part 1: Hassan Bubacar Jallow – The Man 1. Hassan Bubacar Jallow: The Man on a Journey for Justice – Chernor S. Jallow 2. Hassan Bubacar Jallow: The Man behind the Action – Murtaza Jaffer 3. Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow’s Contribution to the Development of Law in The Gambia:The Supreme Court Years – Ousman A.S. Jammeh 4. Towards Reviving Legal Professionalism and the Need for Ethical Leadership – Aboubacar Abdullah Senghore Part 2: The Role of the International Prosecutor 5. The Role of the International Prosecutor as a Custodian of Global Morality – Bankole Thompson 6. Selecting Cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda – William A. Schabas 7. The Experience of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Concerning Arrest Strategies and Lessons Learnt for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court – Phakiso Mochochoko Part 3: Institutional Dimensions of International Criminal Justice 8. The ICC’s Twelfth Anniversary Crisis: Growing Pains or Institutional Deficiency? – M. Cherif Bassiouni 9. Protection of Civilians against Atrocity Crimes: The Role of Regional Organizations – Adama Dieng 10. The Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda – Leila N. Sadat 11. The Legacy of International and Hybrid Courts - Are Human Rights More Respected? A Tribute to Justice Hassan B. Jallow – David Tolbert and Laura A. Smith Part 4: Substance and Process in International Criminal Justice 12. An Unbreakable Thread? The Presumption of Innocence in International Law – Karim A. A. Khan, Dato’ Shyamala Alagendra and Anand A. Shah 13. Cumulative Charges under International Criminal Law: Issues and Perspectives – Bongani Majola 14. Permissibility of Convictions for Genocide and Conspiracy to Commit Genocide in Respect of the Same Events – Roman Boed 15. The Taylor Case: Aiding and Abetting, “Special Direction” and the Possibility of Strict Liability for Remote Offenders – Frédéric Mégret and Siena Anstis 16. The Law and Politics of the Charles Taylor Case – Charles Chernor Jalloh Part 5: Gender-Based Crimes under International Criminal Law 17. The Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Policy Paper of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court – Fatou Bensouda 18. Challenging Impunity for Crimes of Sexual Violence: The Efforts of Prosecutor Jallow to set the Record Straight – Linda Bianchi 19. Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow and Gender Justice in International Criminal Prosecutions – George Mugwanya Part 6: Concurrent Jurisdiction between National and International Courts 20. Transfer of Cases under the Jurisprudence of the ICTR and Lessons Learnt for the ICC – Alhagi Marong and Charles Chernor Jalloh 21. Justice Hassan Jallow’s Contribution to International Criminal Justice: An OTP Perspective – Alex Obote-Odora 22. Monitoring and the Referral of Criminal Cases between Jurisdictions: An ICTR Contribution to Best Practice – Joanna Harrington Part 7: International Law, Human Rights and Governance 23. Justice for the United Nations: A Quiet Revolution? – Geoffrey Robertson 24. Borrowing International Human Rights Law: Some Examples from the Doctrine of the Margin of Appreciation in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights – Rachel Murray 25. From Coup Reaction to Coup Prevention – Christopher Waters 26. International Criminal Law and Refugee Law: Lessons Learned – Joseph Rikhof 27. African Languages in International Criminal Justice: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Beyond – Leigh Swigart Index.
