TY - BOOK AU - Schiff,Benjamin N. TI - Building the International Criminal Court SN - 9780511396762 AV - KZ6310 .S35 2008 U1 - 345/.01 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - International Criminal Court KW - International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 KW - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda KW - fast KW - Internationaler Strafgerichtshof KW - gnd KW - International criminal courts KW - Tribunaux pénaux internationaux KW - LAW KW - Criminal Law KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Internationaal strafhof KW - gtt KW - Internationaal strafrecht KW - Krigsförbrytartribunaler KW - Rwanda KW - sao KW - Jugoslavien KW - ICC KW - international law KW - trials KW - Yugoslavia KW - sipri KW - war crimes KW - human rights KW - violations KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-291) and index; River of justice -- Learning from the Yugoslavia and Rwanda tribunals -- The statute : Justice v. Sovereignty -- Building the court -- NGOS : advocates, assets, critics and goads -- ICC-state relations -- The first situations N2 - "The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first and only standing international court capable of prosecuting humanity's worst crimes: genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. It faces huge obstacles. It has no police force; it pursues investigations in areas of tremendous turmoil, conflict, and death; it is charged both with trying suspects and with aiding their victims; and it seeks to combine divergent legal traditions in an entirely new international legal mechanism." "International law advocates sought to establish a standing international criminal court for more than 150 years. Other temporary single-purpose criminal tribunals, truth commissions, and special courts have come and gone, but the ICC is the only permanent inheritor of the Nuremberg legacy." "In Building the International Criminal Court, Oberlin College Professor of Politics Benjamin N. Schiff analyzes the International Criminal Court, melding historical perspective, international relations theories, and observers' insights to explain the Court's origins, creation, innovations, dynamics, and operational challenges."--Jacket UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=228113 ER -