Wednesday, October 15, 2008

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 90, no. 870, June 2008) is out. The theme is Sanctions. Contents include:

  • Sanctions
    • Address by General Jean-René Bachelet
    • Anne-Marie La Rosa, Sanctions as a means of obtaining greater respect for humanitarian law: a review of their effectiveness
    • Emmanuel Decaux, The definition of traditional sanctions: their scope and characteristics
    • Emanuele Castano, Bernhard Leidner & Patrycja Slawuta, Social identification processes, group dynamics and the behaviour of combatants
    • Samuel Tanner, The mass crimes in the former Yugoslavia: participation, punishment and prevention?
    • Amedeo Cottino, Crime prevention and control: Western beliefs vs. traditional legal practices
    • Jamie Allan Williamson, Some considerations on command responsibility and criminal liability
    • Céline Renaut, The impact of military disciplinary sanctions on compliance with international humanitarian law
    • Anne-Marie La Rosa & Carolin Wuerzner, Armed groups, sanctions and the implementation of international humanitarian law
    • Damien Scalia, A few thoughts on guaranties inherent to the rule of law as applied to sanctions and the prosecution and punishment of war crimes
    • Xavier Philippe, Sanctions for violations of international humanitarian law: the problem of the division of competences between national authorities and between national and international authorities
    • Eric Sottas, Transitional justice and sanctions
    • Pierre Hazan, The nature of sanctions: the case of Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission
    • Elisabeth Baumgartner, Aspects of victim participation in the proceedings of the International Criminal Court
    • Mina Rauschenbach & Damien Scalia, Victims and international criminal justice: a vexed question?