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Title:
Pursuing elusive justice : mass crimes in India and relevance of international standards / edited by Vahida Nainar, Saumya Uma ; foreword by Upendra Baxi.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xviii, 475 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Criminal justice, Administration of--India.
Impunity--India.
Criminal law--India.
Crime--India.
Victims of crimes--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
Human rights--India.
India--Social conditions.
Dalits--India--Social conditions.
International criminal law.
Crime.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Criminal law.
Dalits--Social conditions.
Human rights.
Impunity.
International criminal law.
Social history.
Victims of crimes--Legal status, laws, etc.
India.
Other Authors:
Nainar, Vahida, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002071708
Uma, Saumya, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2010014383
Baxi, Upendra, writer of preface. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81006958
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Shruti Bedi. International terrorism : a crime against humanity? / Saumya Uma -- Persecution of the Dalits : the need to raise standards of accountability / Maya Nair -- Persecution of sexual minorities : relevance of the ICC / Siddharth Narrain -- Understanding enforced disappearances / V. Seshaiah Shasthri -- Severe punishments and the ICC : significance for the Indian penal regime / Bikram Jeet Batra -- Law reform on sexual and gender-based crimes in mass violence / Saumya Uma -- Integrating victims' rights in the Indian legal framework / Saumya Uma -- Significance of global justice in the war against terror / Arvind Narrain -- ICC and the Indian military justice system : complementarities / U.C. Jha -- Torture by private actors : introducing a legal discourse in India / Vahida Nair -- Genocide : international standards and their application to India / Priya Pillai -- Crimes against humanity in India : towards a legal understanding / Vahida Nair -- International terrorism : a crime against humanity? / Shruti Bedi.
ISBN:
0198079990
9780198079996
OCLC:
(OCoLC)848588047
LCCN:
2013319913
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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