Bachmann, Sascha-Dominik.

Civil responsibility for gross human rights violations : the need for a global instrument / electronic resource Sascha-Dominik Bachmann. - [Pretoria] : Pretoria University Law Press, 2007. - xvii, 91 p. ; 25 cm.

"The book is a shortened and revised version of [the author's] doctoral thesis, submitted to the University of Johannesburg"--Prelim.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-91).

pt. A. Civil accountability for gross human rights violations under international and domestic law: Civil responsibility of states for human rights atrocities under international law --
Adjudicating human rights atrocities in domestic jurisdictions --
Human rights litigation as a deterrent for the commission of future human rights atrocities --
the balance sheet --
pt. B. Draft statute on a convention on individual civil liability for human rights atrocities.



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Human rights.
Crimes against humanity.
Remedies (Law)
Criminal liability.

K3240 / .B28 2007