Access to international justice /
- London ; Routledge Taylor & Francis Group : 2015.
- xv, 264 p. : 24 cm.
Contents 1. What is access to international justice' and what does it require 2. Walking the talk human rights access to justice and the fight against poverty 3. Access to international justice the role of the International Criminal Court in aiding national prosecutions of international crimes 4. Aggression and Monetary Gold quo vadis 5. Drone strikes and human rights balancing national security individual rights and international justice 6. Access to international justice law and practice of the European Court of Human Rights 7. Access to justice for victims of the use of force in international affairs individual civil responsibility for aggression 8. Access to justice before international criminal tribunals an evaluation of the scheme of victim participation adopted by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) 9. Visions of a distant millennium The effectiveness of the UN Human Rights Petition System 10. The International Committee of the Red Cross and access to international justice a carefully considered paradox 11. Convergence fragmentation and sustainability in access to international justice 12. Accessing ecological justice in the Anthropocene epoch 13. Climate justice and the distribution of rights to emit carbon 14. Nuclear power and human security lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident
There is much debate about the scope of international law, its compatibility with individual state practice, its enforceability and the recent and limited degree to which it is institutionalized.
This collection of essays seeks to address the issue of access to justice, the related element of domestic rule of law which does not yet figure significantly in debates about international rule of law. Even in cases in which laws are passed, institutions are present and key players are ethically committed to the rule of law, those whom the laws are intended to protect may be unable to secure protection. This is an issue in most domestic jurisdictions but also one which poses severe problems for international justice worldwide.
The book will be of interest to academics and practitioners of international law, environmental law, transitional justice, international development, human rights, ethics, international relations and political theory.