Civil Responsibility for Gross Human Rights Violations - The Need for a Global Instrument
Civil Responsibility for Gross Human Rights Violations - The Need for a Global Instrument, Pretoria University Law Press, 2007
109 Pages Posted: 16 Apr 2012
Date Written: 2007
Abstract
This monograph provides a detailed description and analysis of the existing possibilities of establishing civil liability for gross human rights violations at the regional and international scale and concludes with the recommendation that only a merged system of the existing means of human rights protection will ensure effective human rights protection at a global scale.
Keywords: Human Rights, Reparations, Remedies, Historical Claims, Reconciliation, Restitution, Holocaust, Apartheid, Racial Discrimination, Individual Responsibility, International Crimes
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