Human Rights and International Criminal Law
The Cambridge Companion to International Criminal Law, edited by William Schabas, and has been reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press.
23 Pages Posted: 22 Apr 2015 Last revised: 10 Mar 2018
Date Written: April 20, 2015
Abstract
Although one might see international criminal law as a natural progression of human rights law, this chapter points to the tensions between the two branches and warns against conflating human rights with atrocity crimes.
Keywords: human rights, international criminal law, crimes against humanity, war crimes, universal jurisdiction,
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Clapham, Andrew, Human Rights and International Criminal Law (April 20, 2015). The Cambridge Companion to International Criminal Law, edited by William Schabas, and has been reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2596659
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