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020			_a9789047410706 _q(electronic book)
020			_z9789004153295 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/ej.9789004153295.i-378 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)70178093
040			_aNL-LeKB _cNL-LeKB _erda
050		4	_aK5301 _b.B45 2006
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100	1		_aBeigbeder, Yves.
245	1	0	_aJudging war crimes and torture : _bFrench justice and international criminal tribunals and commissions (1940-2005) / _cby Yves Beigbeder.
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bMartinus Nijhoff, _c2006.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aNijhoff eBook titles 2006
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- Chapter 1. French Democracy and Justice -- Chapter 2. French Colonialism -- Chapter 3. The French Vietnam War (19461954) -- Chapter 4. Madagascar: Revolt and Repression 19471948 -- Chapter 5. French Algeria: the Dirty War (19541962) -- Chapter 6. Vichys Regime, Legislation and Justice -- Chapter 7. Post-Liberation Myth, Purge and Trials -- Chapter 8. From Barbie to Papon -- Chapter 9. The Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals -- Chapter 10. The Genocide in Rwanda -- Chapter 11. Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia -- Chapter 12. The International Criminal Court -- Chapter 13. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Index.
506	1		_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aEven democracies commit war crimes. France, like other democracies, has not always kept up to the high standards expected from the „homeland of human rights”. Its colonial past shows that what it termed its “civilizing mission” was tainted with military, economic and religious abuses, denounced by a few courageous groups and individuals, and revealed in a few public trials. The Vichy government’s willing participation in Jewish persecution during the German occupation of France was ignored or denied until trials (Barbie, Touvier, Papon) brought to light these unpleasant facts in the 1990s. France’s participation in the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals was relatively minor but useful. However, its participation in later international tribunals (Ex-Yugoslavia, Rwanda) revealed a few conflicts between French politics and the work of these tribunals. France’s participation in the International Criminal Court is also reviewed. These developments show that even democratic countries, like France but not France alone, can commit war crimes, crimes against humanity and even be accomplices in genocides. Reasons include pressures in exceptional periods of internal and/or external political/military tensions, nationalist policies, lack of judiciary independence, and lack of media exposure to abuses. However, past crimes must be recalled and exposed, particularly if they have been hidden, covered by amnesties, and not judicially punished. They must be visible as part of a country’s history in order to ensure that they are not repeated.
610	2	7	_aInternationaler Strafgerichtshof (Körperschaft) _2swd
648		7	_aGeschichte 1940. _2swd
650		7	_aKriegsverbrechen. _2swd
650		7	_aStrafgerichtsbarkeit. _2swd
650		7	_aTribunal. _2swd
650		7	_aVerbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit. _2swd
650		7	_aVölkerstrafrecht. _2swd
650		0	_aWar crimes.
651		7	_aFrankreich. _2swd
776	0		_tJudging war crimes and torture _z9004153292 (hd. bd.) _z9789004153295 (hd. bd.)
830		0	_aHuman Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2006, ISBN: 9789004222885.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004153295.i-378
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