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

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Andrew Clapham

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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

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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