Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan -- Copyright Page / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan -- Foreword / Raul C. Pangalangan -- Acronyms and Abbreviations / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan -- Notes on Editors / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan -- Notes on Contributors / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan -- Complexities and Challenges in Reconciling International Human Rights with International Criminal Law: An Introduction / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan -- Chapter 1 International Crimes and Human Rights / Win-chiat Lee -- Chapter 2 Is International Criminal Justice in the Pursuit of Human Rights? / Srinivas Burra -- Chapter 3 Militarised Approach to Human Rights / Upendra D. Acharya -- Chapter 4 The Contested Definitions of 'International Crimes' / Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman and Borhan Uddin Khan -- Chapter 5 Human Trafficking / Calli M. Cain and Dawn L. Rothe -- Chapter 6 Acts of International Terrorism / Anupam Jha -- Chapter 7 The Crime of Child Recruitment and State Responsibility / Silvina Sánchez Mera -- Chapter 8 Comprehensive Prohibition of Torture / Bahzad Joarder -- Chapter 9 The Right to Truth in International Criminal Trials / Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan -- Chapter 10 Governing Conflicts between International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law / Matthias Vanhullebusch -- Chapter 11 Failed Notions and Lost Opportunities / Sanoj Rajan -- Chapter 12 The Principle of Legality and Genocide in the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 / M Sanjeeb Hossain -- Chapter 13 Gross Violation of Human Rights and Crime against Humanity / Md Nazrul Islam -- Chapter 14 Prosecution of Crimes against Humanity by the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal / M Rafiqul Islam -- Chapter 15 Ethnic Cleansing, Human Rights and the Politics of Nationalism in Post-colonial Myanmar / Jobair Alam and Borhan Uddin Khan -- Chapter 16 Revisiting the Application of Rome Statute upon Non-party States / Md Mostafa Hosain and Borhan Uddin Khan -- Chapter 17 Impediments to the Smooth Functioning of the icc / Nakib M. Nasrullah and Borhan Uddin Khan -- Index / Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan.

This book examines the importance of international criminal law in promoting and defending human rights as well as its relationship with law and international politics. It highlights criminal cases at the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, the International Criminal Court, and the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. The book considers human rights approaches to crimes from a theoretical and practical perspective, analyses various crimes under international law, and examines the application, implementation and enforcement of international criminal law. This book will serve as an important reference for students, teachers, scholars and lawyers specialising in international human rights, international criminal law and international humanitarian law.

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