INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW BY OTHER MEANS: THE QUASI-CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COURTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Huneeus, Alexandra
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-9300
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 1-+
• 关键词: inter-american-court; socioeconomic rights; judicial activism; EUROPEAN COURT; LITIGATION; REMEDIES; JUSTICE

摘要

International Criminal Law by Other Means: The Quasi-criminal Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Courts Alexandra Huneeus Although the regional human rights courts have no criminal jurisdiction and cannot find individual responsibility, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regularly orders states to investigate and punish gross human rights violations, and monitors the progress of the resulting prosecutions. Today, it is monitoring the progress of fifty-one prosecutions across fifteen states for acts that amount to international crimes. The article explores the evolution of such quasi-criminal jurisdiction in the regional rights courts, and juxtaposes this development to the work of the international criminal tribunals.