Owning Justice and Reckoning with its Complexity

Authors

Diane OrentlicherFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Volume

11

First Page

517

Abstract

A series of developments, both doctrinal and political, seem to signify a retreat from earlier innovations in the law and practice of international justice. On closer examination, however, recent developments in international justice cannot be reduced to a single trend line. Even as various actors and processes continue to work out the ground rules for exercising jurisdiction in respect of human rights violations that international law condemns as criminal, and as international and national courts work through the inherently challenging project of redressing mass atrocities, states have increasingly internalized, owned and acted on the principle that they should ensure accountability when their officials are legally responsible for atrocious crimes.

Recommended Citation

Diane Orentlicher, Owning Justice and Reckoning with its Complexity, 11 Journal of International Criminal Justice 517 (2013).
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