W A Schabas
Biographic Data
| ID | 6548186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W A Schabas |
| GIVEN NAMES | W A |
| FAMILY NAME | Schabas |
| SIGNATURE | SCHABAS W A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Last Lectures on the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide
The Banality of International Justice
International criminal justice has grown cyclically over the past century, with periods of intense developments punctuated by rather long stretches of dormancy. It is legitimate to ask whether we are now in the downturn of yet another cycle. The International Criminal Court has failed to live up to its own expectations. But its real challenge is the declining enthusiasm for the Court in Africa. This is explained by its deference to the Security C…
The Contribution of the Eichmann Trial to International Law
The trial of Adolf Eichmann was poorly received by many contemporary observers, who felt that it bent the law beyond recognition in several key areas. With the renaissance of international criminal law in recent decades, the handling of difficult issues by the District Court of Jerusalem and the Supreme Court has been shown to fare rather well. The understanding of the relationship between crimes against humanity and genocide by the Israeli court…
Synergy or Fragmentation
There is much interaction between the European Court of Human Rights and international criminal law. Although it does not seem that the Court will operate as a final remedy for alleged violations of human rights by the international tribunals, in recent years it has found itself addressing difficult legal issues involving international crimes and prosecutions, notably in the KKK cases: Kolk, Korbely and Kononov . At the international tribunals, t…
Prosecutorial Discretion v. Judicial Activism at the International Criminal Court
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has exercised broad prosecutorial discretion in the selection of situations and cases to be heard by the Court. It is difficult to explain the exercise of this discretion by reference to the criteria purportedly used by the Prosecutor of ‘gravity’ and ‘interests of justice’ under Articles 17 and 53 of the ICC Statute, respectively. Unlike the ad hoc international criminal tribunals, it appears mo…
Genocide Trials and Gacaca Courts
After many decades of impunity, Rwanda has embarked upon a course of transitional justice committed to prosecuting all who are suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide. The first phase, which began in 1997 and is still continuing, targets the most serious offenders. Some 10,000 have been tried under the system. Confronted with its limitations, Rwanda has devised a second approach, known as gacaca, which focuses on a lower and less heinous le…
Conjoined Twins of Transitional Justice
Journal Article Conjoined Twins of Transitional Justice? The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court Get access William A. Schabas William A. Schabas Professor of human rights law, National University of Ireland, Galway, and Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights, [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume …
United States Hostility to the International Criminal Court
The now abundant literature on the hostility of the United States towards the International Criminal Court speaks to the litany of criticisms invoked by Washington, from the vulnerability of American nationals to prosecution to such issues as the lack of trial by jury. But these so-called shortcomings are also features of the international tribunals to which the United States has accorded enthusiastic support, from Nuremberg and Tokyo to the more…
National Courts Finally Begin to Prosecute Genocide, the 'Crime of Crimes
The 1948 Genocide Convention contemplates prosecution by the national courts of the territory where the crime took place, and by an international criminal court. The drafters of the Convention meant to exclude universal jurisdiction, although courts have since tended to interpret Article VI of the Convention as being merely permissive, and in no way a prohibition of universal jurisdiction. Finally, within the past decade, the national courts of t…
United States Hostility to the International Criminal Court
The now abundant literature on the hostility of the United States towards the International Criminal Court speaks to the litany of criticisms invoked by Washington, from the vulnerability of American nationals to prosecution to such issues as the lack of trial by jury. But these so-called shortcomings are also features of the international tribunals to which the United States has accorded enthusiastic support, from Nuremberg and Tokyo to the more…
Genocide Trials and Gacaca Courts
After many decades of impunity, Rwanda has embarked upon a course of transitional justice committed to prosecuting all who are suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide. The first phase, which began in 1997 and is still continuing, targets the most serious offenders. Some 10,000 have been tried under the system. Confronted with its limitations, Rwanda has devised a second approach, known as gacaca, which focuses on a lower and less heinous le…
Prosecutorial Discretion v. Judicial Activism at the International Criminal Court
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has exercised broad prosecutorial discretion in the selection of situations and cases to be heard by the Court. It is difficult to explain the exercise of this discretion by reference to the criteria purportedly used by the Prosecutor of ‘gravity’ and ‘interests of justice’ under Articles 17 and 53 of the ICC Statute, respectively. Unlike the ad hoc international criminal tribunals, it appears mo…
Conjoined Twins of Transitional Justice
Journal Article Conjoined Twins of Transitional Justice? The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court Get access William A. Schabas William A. Schabas Professor of human rights law, National University of Ireland, Galway, and Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights, [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume …
The Banality of International Justice
International criminal justice has grown cyclically over the past century, with periods of intense developments punctuated by rather long stretches of dormancy. It is legitimate to ask whether we are now in the downturn of yet another cycle. The International Criminal Court has failed to live up to its own expectations. But its real challenge is the declining enthusiasm for the Court in Africa. This is explained by its deference to the Security C…
The Contribution of the Eichmann Trial to International Law
The trial of Adolf Eichmann was poorly received by many contemporary observers, who felt that it bent the law beyond recognition in several key areas. With the renaissance of international criminal law in recent decades, the handling of difficult issues by the District Court of Jerusalem and the Supreme Court has been shown to fare rather well. The understanding of the relationship between crimes against humanity and genocide by the Israeli court…
National Courts Finally Begin to Prosecute Genocide, the 'Crime of Crimes
The 1948 Genocide Convention contemplates prosecution by the national courts of the territory where the crime took place, and by an international criminal court. The drafters of the Convention meant to exclude universal jurisdiction, although courts have since tended to interpret Article VI of the Convention as being merely permissive, and in no way a prohibition of universal jurisdiction. Finally, within the past decade, the national courts of t…
Conjoined Twins of Transitional Justice
Journal Article Conjoined Twins of Transitional Justice? The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court Get access William A. Schabas William A. Schabas Professor of human rights law, National University of Ireland, Galway, and Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights, [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume …
United States Hostility to the International Criminal Court
The now abundant literature on the hostility of the United States towards the International Criminal Court speaks to the litany of criticisms invoked by Washington, from the vulnerability of American nationals to prosecution to such issues as the lack of trial by jury. But these so-called shortcomings are also features of the international tribunals to which the United States has accorded enthusiastic support, from Nuremberg and Tokyo to the more…
Genocide Trials and Gacaca Courts
After many decades of impunity, Rwanda has embarked upon a course of transitional justice committed to prosecuting all who are suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide. The first phase, which began in 1997 and is still continuing, targets the most serious offenders. Some 10,000 have been tried under the system. Confronted with its limitations, Rwanda has devised a second approach, known as gacaca, which focuses on a lower and less heinous le…
Prosecutorial Discretion v. Judicial Activism at the International Criminal Court
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has exercised broad prosecutorial discretion in the selection of situations and cases to be heard by the Court. It is difficult to explain the exercise of this discretion by reference to the criteria purportedly used by the Prosecutor of ‘gravity’ and ‘interests of justice’ under Articles 17 and 53 of the ICC Statute, respectively. Unlike the ad hoc international criminal tribunals, it appears mo…
Synergy or Fragmentation
There is much interaction between the European Court of Human Rights and international criminal law. Although it does not seem that the Court will operate as a final remedy for alleged violations of human rights by the international tribunals, in recent years it has found itself addressing difficult legal issues involving international crimes and prosecutions, notably in the KKK cases: Kolk, Korbely and Kononov . At the international tribunals, t…
The Banality of International Justice
International criminal justice has grown cyclically over the past century, with periods of intense developments punctuated by rather long stretches of dormancy. It is legitimate to ask whether we are now in the downturn of yet another cycle. The International Criminal Court has failed to live up to its own expectations. But its real challenge is the declining enthusiasm for the Court in Africa. This is explained by its deference to the Security C…
The Contribution of the Eichmann Trial to International Law
The trial of Adolf Eichmann was poorly received by many contemporary observers, who felt that it bent the law beyond recognition in several key areas. With the renaissance of international criminal law in recent decades, the handling of difficult issues by the District Court of Jerusalem and the Supreme Court has been shown to fare rather well. The understanding of the relationship between crimes against humanity and genocide by the Israeli court…
Last Lectures on the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide
International Law and Human Rights (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · International law (5 works) · Economic Justice (4 works) · Genocide (4 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Criminal court (3 works)