The Annotated Digest of the International Criminal Court, 2004-2006

The Annotated Digest of the International Criminal Court, 2004-2006
Author: Cyril Laucci
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 689
Release: 2007-11-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9047422627

The International Criminal Court was established from the July 1, 2002, entry into force of the Rome Statute. The first decisions rendered by the Court were published in July 2004, and by the end of December 2006, the number of decisions had reached 230. The Annotated Digest of the International Criminal Court, 2004-2006, is the first volume in a series that compiles the most significant legal findings from public decisions rendered by the International Criminal Court. In total, 230 decisions were reviewed for the preparation of the present volume, which examines the decisions issued from 2004 and 2006. The abstracts selected for inclusion in this volume concern the first situations referred to the Court by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and the Sudan, as well the initiation of cases against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Raska Lukwiya, Okot Odhiambo, and Dominic Ongwen. Abstracts were selected based on the following criteria: (i) clarification of a legal issue or interpretation of a legal provision; (ii) implementation or application of a legal provision; and (iii) meaningfulness with respect to international justice, human rights, or international humanitarian law. Abstracts are quoted in their original language, and a summary in English is included where only a French-language passage is available. Each abstract is organized under the relevant Statute, Rule of Procedure and Evidence, or Regulation of the Court, together with a short description of the topic. The Digest series is intended, foremost, as a tool for international criminal law practitioners and academics interested in public humanitarian law and the work of the Court. An index and reference guide is provided to facilitate cross-referencing among the volumes in the series.

Rapport Du Groupe de Travail de la Commission Africaine Sur Les Populations/communautés Autochtones

Rapport Du Groupe de Travail de la Commission Africaine Sur Les Populations/communautés Autochtones
Author: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. Working Group of Experts on Indigenous Populations/Communities
Publisher: IWGIA
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2009
Genre: Civil rights
ISBN: 8791563607

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has established a Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities that undertook a research and information visit to the Republic of Uganda in July 2006. From that visit this report was created, which gives an account of meetings held with government authorities, civil society organizations, indigenous communities, and other stakeholders. It describes the situation of the indigenous populations in the Republic of Uganda and it makes recommendations to the Government, civil society organizations, and the international community. The report is published both in English and French.

The Annotated Digest of the International Criminal Court

The Annotated Digest of the International Criminal Court
Author: Cyril Laucci
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004163115

The Annotated Digest of the International Criminal Court (2004-2006) is the first volume of an annual or biennial series, depending on the volume of decisions issued. It compiles a selection of the most significant legal findings contained in the public decisions rendered by the International Criminal Court since its first decisions in July 2004 until 31 December 2006. More than 230 decisions have been reviewed for the preparation of the present volume. The criteria for selection of the abstracts are: 1) abstracts which clarify a point of law, interpret a rule; 2) abstracts which show how a specific rule is applied by a Chamber; 3) abstracts which are otherwise meaningful with respect to international justice, human rights, international humanitarian law. The abstracts are quoted in their original language, namely English or French. An English translation of the French abstracts is given. The abstracts are inserted after the relevant articles of the Statute, Rules of Procedure and Evidence and Regulations of the Court, with a short description/summary of their precise topic. A quick reference system makes it easy to refer to other decisions quoted elsewhere in the Digest.

Refugees and the Promise of Asylum in Postwar France, 1945–1995

Refugees and the Promise of Asylum in Postwar France, 1945–1995
Author: Greg Burgess
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2019-09-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137440279

This book recounts France’s responses to refugees from the liberation of Paris in 1944 to the end of the civil wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1995. It questions whether France fulfilled the promise of asylum for those persecuted for the ‘cause of liberty’ made in its Constitution of 1946. Post-war development and the demand for immigrant workers were favourable to refugees from the Communist east, from Franco’s Spain, from Hungary after insurrection of 1956, and later from Latin America and Indochina. Asylum developed nationally in conjunction with international developments, the interventions of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the adoption of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Economic ruptures in the 1970s, however, and the appearance of refugees from Asia and Africa, led to the assertion of national priorities and brought about a sense of crisis, and questions about whether France could continue to fulfil its promise.