As international criminal justice has grown in prominence, so have the challenges facing it. This book discusses the unresolved questions and dilemmas confronted by international war crimes courts. These include the controversies surrounding prosecutorial policy, the tension between peace and justice, and accusations of victor's justice.

• Introduction


• 1: 'Unimaginable Atrocities': Identifying International Crimes


• 2: Nullum Crimen Sine Lege


• 3: Victors' Justice? Selecting Targets for Prosecution


• 4: The Genocide Mystique


• 5: Mens Rea, Actus Reus, and the Role of the State


• 6: History, International Justice, and the Right to Truth


• 7: No Peace Without Justice? The Amnesty Quandary


• 8: Crimes Against Peace

Professor William A. Schabas is professor of international law at Middlesex University in London. He also has appointments at the National University of Ireland Galway, where he is professor of human rights law, at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in Beijing, as honorary professor, Kellogg College of the University of Oxford, where he is a visiting fellow, and at the Université du Québec à Montréal, as professeur associé. Prof. Schabas practices from the chambers of 9 Bedford Row, in London.