1st Edition
Jurisdiction, Immunity and Transnational Human Rights Litigation
By Xiaodong Yang
Copyright 2018
256 Pages
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Routledge
This book examines, from the perspective of public international law, various issues and difficulties faced by human rights advocates in their effort to seek redress transnationally for victims of human rights abuses through the means mainly of bringing legal action against alleged violators of human rights. The central concern is whether and how remedies can be obtained in respect of human... Read more
1. The Problems of Transnational Human Rights Litigation 2. The Notion of Universal Jurisdiction 3. Individual Criminal Liability under International Law 4. State Immunity and Criminal Proceedings 5. Immunity of State Officials 6. International Crimes and the Defence of State Immunity 7. Jus Cogens and the Question of Immunity
Biography
Dr Xiaodong Yang is a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, UK.
