II Acquisitions
| Published date | 01 June 2009 |
| Date | 01 June 2009 |
| DOI | 10.1177/016934410902700214 |
| Subject Matter | Part D: Documentation |
Netherlands Q uarterly of Human R ights, Vol. 27/2 (2009) 315
II ACQUISITIONS
Accountability for human rights atrocities in inte rnational law: beyond the Nuremberg
legacy / Steven Ratner, Jason S. Abrams and James L. Bischo . – 3rd ed. – Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2009. – xl iv, 483 p.
ISBN: 978–0–19–954667–1
is updated new edition contains expa nded coverage of national trial s under universal
jurisdiction, international criminal tribunals including the International Criminal
Court, new hybrid tribunals in Cambodia and elsewhere, truth commissions, and
lustration. It also explores individual accountability for terrorist acts and for abuses
committed in the na me of counter-terrorism policy.
Contemporary human rights ideas / Bertrand G. Ramcharan. – London: Routledge,
2008. – xx iv, 192 p. – (Global institutions series)
ISBN: 978–0–415–77457–4
e vindication of human rights is a critical challenge of a new century. Yet, there
is much contestation over rights in a globalising, post-9/11 world, as human rights
ideas come into contact with d i erent culture s and with societies in va rying stages of
development. Leaders of government and civil soc iety, and the academic world, are in
need of policy and normative fra meworks for treading the way forward in responding
to these global challenges. Written by a former UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights (2003–2004), this book is a short a nd accessible introduction to the key human
rights concepts, the cu rrent debates, strategies and institutions for tak ing forward the
global implementation of human rights .
Conundrums of humanity: the quest for global justice / Jonathan Power. – Leiden:
Martinus Nijho , 2007. – xi, 240 p. – (Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights
Library; no. 28)
ISBN: 978–90–04–15513–8
is b ook poses 11 questions for our future progress, ranging f rom ‘Can we diminish
war?’ to ‘How far and fast ca n we push forward the frontiers of human rights?’ to ‘Wil l
China dominate the century?’. e answers to these questions, the author believes,
growing out of his long experience as a foreign correspondent and columnist for the
International Herald Tribune, are largely positive ones, despite the hurdles yet to be
overcome. ey all depend for fruition, partly on building on the important work
already accomplished, partly on creating a more benign and positive atmosphere in
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