Type:
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Doctoral Thesis |
Title:
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The role of modern international commissions of inquiry: a first step to ensure accountability for international law violations?
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Author:
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Tonutti, A.
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Journal Title:
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Meijers-reeks |
Issue Date:
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2017-09-05 |
Keywords:
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Commissions Inquiry Fact-finding Accountability Response International-justice Crimes |
Abstract:
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In the latest twenty years we have witnessed an
exponential proliferation of international commissions of inquiry mandated to
investigate serious violations of international law. However, the inquiry
tool has been originally institutionalised at the beginning of the 20th
century as mean of preventive diplomacy aimed at stating the facts for
dispute settlement purposes. Since then inquiries have significantly evolved
into mechanisms that denounce and shed light on serious violations of
international law in order to provoke a response by the international
community.
What are the underlying causes of this new role and of the recent surge of
inquiry commissions? Should commissions of inquiry be viewed as merely
fact-finders or as law-applicable/adjudication bodies? Should their tasks be confined
to finding the facts or may they perform more dynamic and political roles
such as raising alert and provoking reactions? What (arguably) should be the
role of commissions of inquiry in the criminal accountability process?
These and other questions are the core of this academic contribution which,
through a comprehensive analysis of the work and practice of commissions of
inquiry, aims to shed more light on a topic that has increasingly become the
focus of intense debate among academics, practitioners and international
decision-makers. |
Promotor:
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Supervisor: Schabas W.A., Sommario E.G. |
Faculty:
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Law
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University:
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Leiden |
Handle:
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http://hdl.handle.net/1887/54852 |
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