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Names: Harwood, Catherine, 1985- author.
Title: The roles and functions of atrocity-related United Nations commissions of inquiry in the international legal order / navigating between principle and pragmatism by Catherine Harwood.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff 2020. | Series: Leiden studies on the frontiers of international law, 2212-4195 ; vol 6 | Based on author’s thesis (doctoral - Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 2018) issued under title: Navigating between principle and pragmatism : the roles and functions of atrocity-related United Nations commissions of inquiry in the international legal order. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar has been documented in manifold reports alleging escalating atrocities.1 Accompanying these allegations were mounting calls for an international investigation under the auspices of the United Nations. After several years of diplomatic wrangling, in 2017 the United Nations Human Rights Council (hrc) established “an independent international fact-finding mission ... to establish the facts and circumstances of the alleged recent human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Myanmar, in particular in Rakhine State ... with a view to ensuring full accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims””– Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019032009 (print) | LCCN 2019032010 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004411234 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004411241 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Criminal investigation (International law) | Political atrocities | International commissions of inquiry. | War crimes investigation. | Rohingya (Burmese people)–Crimes against–Burma.
Classification: LCC KZ7390 .H37 2020 (print) | LCC KZ7390 (ebook) | DDC 345/.052–dc23
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ISSN 2212-4195
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