Payam Akhavan
Biographic Data
| ID | 2292384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Payam Akhavan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Payam |
| FAMILY NAME | Akhavan |
| SIGNATURE | AKHAVAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6713-3236 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Between Consent and Coherence: Incidental Questions in an Imperfect World
International courts and tribunals must maintain a delicate balance between consent and coherence when they consider incidental questions as part of their dispute settlement function. There are compelling reasons, in the contemporary world of unprecedented complexity and interdependence, to instill coherence into dispute settlement procedures, so as to avoid the denial of justice. The exercise of jurisdiction over an “incidental question,” howeve…
Economic Sanctions, International Law, and Crimes Against Humanity: Venezuela's Referral to The International Criminal Court
Economic sanctions, unilateral and multilateral, have a long pedigree in international relations. From South Africa and Israel, to Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, such measures have, with varying results, been used in diverse contexts to influence the behavior of states. Some would celebrate the use of economic sanctions as a means of punishing “rogue states” for human rights violations or threats to the peace, while others would condemn it as “impe…
The Radically Routine Rohingya Case
The campaign of atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority is among the most pressing human rights challenges of our times. However, since Myanmar is not a party to the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), proponents of international justice have been forced to pursue accountability through creative means. On 6 September 2018, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC ruled that the Court had jurisdiction over some of the atrocities. Des…
Complementarity Conundrums: The ICC Clock in Transitional Times
How can the temporal realities of transitional justice be reconciled with the requirement of finality in International Criminal Court (ICC) admissibility proceedings? The ICC clock tends to run too fast for states emerging from mass atrocities. The admissibility challenges of Libya in the cases of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi illustrate the realities of reconciling immediate global justice with the imperatives of local justice fo…
Cultural Genocide: Legal Label or Mourning Metaphor
in Saskatoon, Leona Bird testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). She told the story of how at the age of six, she and her younger sister were forcibly separated from their family, and sent to a residential school in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. These are her words
Balkanizing Jurisdiction: Reflections on Article IX of the Genocide Convention in Croatia v. Serbia
When it first encountered the Genocide Convention in its 1951 Advisory Opinion, the International Court of Justice recognized that the treaty reflected the ‘most elementary principles of morality’. Its provisions were to be read broadly, in light of the Convention's transcendent object and purpose. This expansive approach stands in contrast with the narrow interpretation of Article IX in the recent Judgment in Application of the Convention on the…
Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, and the Ultimate Crime
Proliferation of Terminology and the Illusion of Progress
Proliferation of Terminology and the Illusion of Progress
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
The Lord’s Resistance Army Case: Uganda’s Submission of the First State Referral to the International Criminal Court
On December 16, 2003, Uganda referred the situation concerning the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was the first time that a state party had invoked Articles 13(a) and 14 of the Rome Statute in order to vest the Court with jurisdiction. For both Uganda and the ICC, the case presented an important opportunity. For Uganda, the referral was an attempt to engage an otherwise aloof internati…
Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities
Although still in the early stages of their institutional life, die International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR) provide a unique empirical basis for evaluating the impact of international criminaljustice on postconflict peace building. The pursuit of justice may be dismissed as a well-intentioned, but futile, ritualistic attempt to restore equilibrium to a moral universe overwhelmed by evil. Moreover, m…
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: The Politics and Pragmatics of Punishment
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Lessons from Iraqi Kurdistan: Self-Determination and Humanitarian Intervention against Genocide
The repression of the Kurdish people of Iraq is nothing new. It is part of the decades-long policy of Arab colonial domination and denial of their right to self-determination by the international community. After the Iraqi military advance into Kurdistan, the intensification of the savage repression resulted in a disturbing increase in the exodus of Kurdish refugees. Suddely, the repression of Kurds by the Iraqi military was transformed from an ‘…
Punishing War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia: A Critical Juncture for the New World Order
Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities
Although still in the early stages of their institutional life, die International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR) provide a unique empirical basis for evaluating the impact of international criminaljustice on postconflict peace building. The pursuit of justice may be dismissed as a well-intentioned, but futile, ritualistic attempt to restore equilibrium to a moral universe overwhelmed by evil. Moreover, m…
The Lord’s Resistance Army Case: Uganda’s Submission of the First State Referral to the International Criminal Court
On December 16, 2003, Uganda referred the situation concerning the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was the first time that a state party had invoked Articles 13(a) and 14 of the Rome Statute in order to vest the Court with jurisdiction. For both Uganda and the ICC, the case presented an important opportunity. For Uganda, the referral was an attempt to engage an otherwise aloof internati…
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: The Politics and Pragmatics of Punishment
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Punishing War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia: A Critical Juncture for the New World Order
Economic Sanctions, International Law, and Crimes Against Humanity: Venezuela's Referral to The International Criminal Court
Economic sanctions, unilateral and multilateral, have a long pedigree in international relations. From South Africa and Israel, to Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, such measures have, with varying results, been used in diverse contexts to influence the behavior of states. Some would celebrate the use of economic sanctions as a means of punishing “rogue states” for human rights violations or threats to the peace, while others would condemn it as “impe…
The Radically Routine Rohingya Case
The campaign of atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority is among the most pressing human rights challenges of our times. However, since Myanmar is not a party to the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), proponents of international justice have been forced to pursue accountability through creative means. On 6 September 2018, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC ruled that the Court had jurisdiction over some of the atrocities. Des…
Cultural Genocide: Legal Label or Mourning Metaphor
in Saskatoon, Leona Bird testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). She told the story of how at the age of six, she and her younger sister were forcibly separated from their family, and sent to a residential school in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. These are her words
Proliferation of Terminology and the Illusion of Progress
Proliferation of Terminology and the Illusion of Progress
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
Lessons from Iraqi Kurdistan: Self-Determination and Humanitarian Intervention against Genocide
The repression of the Kurdish people of Iraq is nothing new. It is part of the decades-long policy of Arab colonial domination and denial of their right to self-determination by the international community. After the Iraqi military advance into Kurdistan, the intensification of the savage repression resulted in a disturbing increase in the exodus of Kurdish refugees. Suddely, the repression of Kurds by the Iraqi military was transformed from an ‘…
Punishing War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia: A Critical Juncture for the New World Order
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: The Politics and Pragmatics of Punishment
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities
Although still in the early stages of their institutional life, die International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR) provide a unique empirical basis for evaluating the impact of international criminaljustice on postconflict peace building. The pursuit of justice may be dismissed as a well-intentioned, but futile, ritualistic attempt to restore equilibrium to a moral universe overwhelmed by evil. Moreover, m…
The Lord’s Resistance Army Case: Uganda’s Submission of the First State Referral to the International Criminal Court
On December 16, 2003, Uganda referred the situation concerning the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was the first time that a state party had invoked Articles 13(a) and 14 of the Rome Statute in order to vest the Court with jurisdiction. For both Uganda and the ICC, the case presented an important opportunity. For Uganda, the referral was an attempt to engage an otherwise aloof internati…
Proliferation of Terminology and the Illusion of Progress
Proliferation of Terminology and the Illusion of Progress
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, and the Ultimate Crime
Balkanizing Jurisdiction: Reflections on Article IX of the Genocide Convention in Croatia v. Serbia
When it first encountered the Genocide Convention in its 1951 Advisory Opinion, the International Court of Justice recognized that the treaty reflected the ‘most elementary principles of morality’. Its provisions were to be read broadly, in light of the Convention's transcendent object and purpose. This expansive approach stands in contrast with the narrow interpretation of Article IX in the recent Judgment in Application of the Convention on the…
Complementarity Conundrums: The ICC Clock in Transitional Times
How can the temporal realities of transitional justice be reconciled with the requirement of finality in International Criminal Court (ICC) admissibility proceedings? The ICC clock tends to run too fast for states emerging from mass atrocities. The admissibility challenges of Libya in the cases of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi illustrate the realities of reconciling immediate global justice with the imperatives of local justice fo…
Cultural Genocide: Legal Label or Mourning Metaphor
in Saskatoon, Leona Bird testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). She told the story of how at the age of six, she and her younger sister were forcibly separated from their family, and sent to a residential school in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. These are her words
The Radically Routine Rohingya Case
The campaign of atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority is among the most pressing human rights challenges of our times. However, since Myanmar is not a party to the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), proponents of international justice have been forced to pursue accountability through creative means. On 6 September 2018, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC ruled that the Court had jurisdiction over some of the atrocities. Des…
Economic Sanctions, International Law, and Crimes Against Humanity: Venezuela's Referral to The International Criminal Court
Economic sanctions, unilateral and multilateral, have a long pedigree in international relations. From South Africa and Israel, to Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, such measures have, with varying results, been used in diverse contexts to influence the behavior of states. Some would celebrate the use of economic sanctions as a means of punishing “rogue states” for human rights violations or threats to the peace, while others would condemn it as “impe…
Between Consent and Coherence: Incidental Questions in an Imperfect World
International courts and tribunals must maintain a delicate balance between consent and coherence when they consider incidental questions as part of their dispute settlement function. There are compelling reasons, in the contemporary world of unprecedented complexity and interdependence, to instill coherence into dispute settlement procedures, so as to avoid the denial of justice. The exercise of jurisdiction over an “incidental question,” howeve…
Political science (14 works) · Law (12 works) · International Law and Human Rights (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (8 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Genocide (6 works) · International law (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works)