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Prosecuting Heads of State
Ellen L (Ed) Lutz
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Description for Prosecuting Heads of State
Paperback. The meteoric rise in criminal prosecutions of former heads of state is examined for the first time in this probing and engaging narrative. Editor(s): Lutz, Ellen L.; Reiger, Caitlin. Num Pages: 348 pages, 3 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: LAM; LNDC; LNFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
Since 1990, 65 former heads of state or government have been legitimately prosecuted for serious human rights or financial crimes. Many of these leaders were brought to trial in reasonably free and fair judicial processes, and some served time in prison as a result. This book explores the reasons for the meteoric rise in trials of senior leaders and the motivations, public dramas, and intrigues that accompanied efforts to bring them to justice. Drawing on an analysis of the 65 cases, the book examines the emergence of regional trends in Europe and Latin America and contains case studies of high-profile ... Read moretrials of former government leaders: Augusto Pinochet (Chile), Alberto Fujimori (Peru), Slobodan Milosevic (former Yugoslavia), Charles Taylor (Liberia and Sierra Leone), and Saddam Hussein (Iraq) - studies written by experts who closely followed their cases and their impacts on wider societies. This is the only book that examines the rise in the number of domestic and international trials globally and tells the tales in readable prose and with fascinating details. Show Less
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About Ellen L (Ed) Lutz
Ellen L. Lutz is the Executive Director of Cultural Survival, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She previously directed the Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution and taught international human rights law, international criminal law, and other international law subjects at Tufts University's Fletcher School. From 1989 to 1994, she served as the California Director for Human Rights Watch and as ... Read moreHRW's principal researcher on Mexico. She has written widely on human rights and conflict resolution, international and transnational accountability for human rights violations, indigenous rights, and human rights in Latin America. Lutz received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1985) and her M.A. in anthropology from Bryn Mawr College (1978). Caitlin Reiger, a recognized expert on international prosecutions, is Deputy Director of the Prosecutions Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice. From 2003 to 2005 she was the chamber's senior legal advisor to the judges of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. In 2001 she co-founded and served as legal research coordinator of the Judicial System Monitoring Program in East Timor and later appeared as defense counsel before East Timor's Special Panels for Serious Crimes. Reiger has provided extensive policy advice and comparative research on national-international tribunals for serious human rights violations. Reiger manages ICTJ's Cambodia program and formerly managed the ICTJ's former Yugoslavia program. She received a BA in history and an LLB from the University of Melbourne (1996), and an LLM (in international law/human rights) from the London School of Economics (2003). Show Less
Reviews for Prosecuting Heads of State
'... Lutz and Reiger have put together a rich and compelling examination of a topic whose importance will continue to grow, particularly as countries in North Africa are in the midst of democratic revolutions in which former dictators are being toppled and the word 'justice' is on everyone's minds.' Alison Smith, International Journal of Transitional Justice 'Prosecuting Heads of State ... Read moreis an excellent contribution to the literature covering international criminal justice. For those that have been following this topic, it also brings some fresh air by underlining the successes of international criminal justice after years of impunity.' Vincent Roobaert, Assistant Legal Adviser, NC3A '... a solid analysis and a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners alike ... looks beyond trial transcripts and official records to the impact that international justice institutions have had or should have, providing scholars, practitioners and the public with analyses that stand in contrast to the uncritical support often seen elsewhere.' International Journal of Transitional Justice Starting in the mid-1980s, the international human rights movement began focusing on attempts to hold high level officials accountable for atrocities. The results have been dramatic, exceeding what any of those involved in the accountability effort could have expected. As Ellen Lutz and Caitlin Reiger show us in Prosecuting Heads of State, some sixty-seven former heads of state or government have been prosecuted since 1990 for serious human rights or financial crimes. Their book is an essential addition to the literature on human rights with well informed, well written and probingly analytical essays on the most important cases and regional trends. It includes a wealth of information and insight that is unavailable elsewhere.
Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute While high-profile prosecutions of former leaders-from Chile's Pinochet to Serbia's Milosevic and Sudan's al Bashir-by foreign or international courts have periodically made headline news, this book shows that a wider change is under way: No fewer than sixty-seven former leaders have been criminally charged since 1990, most before their own countries' courts. The contributing authors provide richly textured insights into key case studies, linking up domestic developments with global processes, while the editors round out the volume with an intellectually powerful overview. Prosecuting Heads of State will be an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand a remarkable turnabout in state practice.
Diane F. Orentlicher, Professor of International Law, Washington College of Law, American University Until very recently, mass murdering political and military leaders were untouchable - amnesties and Swiss bank accounts were theirs for the taking. Now, and in increasing numbers, they are escorted to the dock of an International Criminal Court. Are their trials politically pre-judged, or are they getting their just desserts? The authors of this cool and correct study tell us the answer, in the most authoritative account so far of how the age of impunity is ending.
Geoffrey Robertson QC, Doughty Street Chambers, London, Former Appeals Judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Prosecuting Heads of State serves as a timely and invaluable resource, chronicling the development of head-of-state accountability and providing insights that will prove useful in strategizing transitional justice. Human Rights Brief, Kavita Kapur, Washington College of Law [An] impressive resource, distinguishing major trends in the trials and canvassing all sixty-seven prosecutions within the pages of one volume. International Law and Politics, Caroline Burrell Show Less
