The latest issue of the
Journal of International Criminal Justice (Vol. 6, no. 2, May 2008) is out. Contents include:
- Special Issue: The Law of Cruelty: Torture as an International Crime
- Jens David Ohlin & George P. Fletcher, Introduction
- I. The Legal Contours of the Crime of Torture
- Christoph Burchard, Torture in the Jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Tribunals: A Critical Assessment
- Paola Gaeta, When is the Involvement of State Officials a Requirement for the Crime of Torture
- Antonio Marchesi, Implementing the UN Convention Definition of Torture in National Criminal Law (with Reference to the Special Case of Italy)
- Brad R. Roth, Just Short of Torture: Abusive Treatment and the Limits of International Criminal Justice
- II. Can We Ever Justify or Excuse Torturers?
- Alon Harel & Assaf Sharon, What is Really Wrong with Torture?
- Kai Ambos, May a State Torture Suspects to Save the Life of Innocents?
- Jens David Ohlin, The Bounds of Necessity
- David A. Wallace, Torture v. the Basic Principles of the US Military
- III. Suing Torturers for Compensation: Mission Impossible?
- Jaykumar A. Menon, Guantánamo Torture Litigation
- Bardo Fassbender, Can Victims Sue State Officials for Torture?: Reflections on Rasul v. Myers from the Perspective of International Law
- Notes and Comments
- John C. Dehn, Why Article 5 Status Determinations are not ‘Required’ at Guantánamo
- Antonio Cassese, Under What Conditions May Belligerents be Acquitted of the Crime of Attacking an Ambulance?
The latest issue of the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Vol. 6, no. 2, May 2008) is out. Contents include:
