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Volume 59Autumn 1996Number 4

Accountability for International Crime and Serious Violations of Fundamental Human Rights

M. Cherif Bassiouni and Madeline H. Morris
Special Editor and Faculty Editor
Foreword Madeline H. Morris1
Introduction M. Cherif Bassiouni5
Searching for Peace and Achieving Justice: The Need for Accountability M. Cherif Bassiouni9
International Guidelines Against Impunity: Facilitating Accountability Madeline H. Morris29
The Letter of the Law: The Scope of the International Legal Obligation to Prosecute Human Rights Crimes Michael Scharf 41
International Crimes: Jus Cogens and Obligatio Erga Omnes M. Cherif Bassiouni 63
Legal Responses to Genocide and Other Massive Violations of Human Rights W. Michael Reisman 75
Alternative Responses to Serious Human Rights Abuses: Of Prosecution and Trust Commissions Stephan Landsman 81
Combating Impunity: Some Thoughts on the Way Forward Naomi Roht-Arriaza 93
The Place of Law In Addressing International Regime Conflict Jennifer L. Balint 103
Coming to Terms with Atrocities: A Review of Accountability Mechanisms for Mass Violations of Human Rights Neil J. Kriz 127
Arresting Impunity: The Case for Universal Jurisdiction in Bringing War Criminals to Accountability Christopher C. Joyner 153
International Guidelines for the Creation and Operation of Trust Commissions: A Preliminary Proposal Priscilla B. Hayner 173
Purging the Past: The Current State of Lustration Laws in the Former Communist Bloc Mark S. Ellis 181
Lessons from the Americas: Guidelines for International Response to Amnesties for Atrocities Douglass Cassel 197


APPENDICES

Appendix A: Conflict, Conflict Victimization, and Legal Redress, 1945-1996 Jennifer L. Balint 231
Editors' Introductory Note to Appendices B and C 248
Appendix B: The Administration of Justice and the Human Rights of Detainees: UN Document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/20 Louis Joinet, Rapporteur 249
Appendix C: Study Concerning the Right to Restitution, Compensation, and Rehabilitation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: UN Document E/CD.4/Sub.2/1993/8 Theo van Boven, Rapporteur 283