II New Books
| Published date | 01 June 2005 |
| Date | 01 June 2005 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/016934410502300214 |
| Subject Matter | Part C: Documentation |
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II NEW BOOKS
The consolidated asylum and migration acquis: the EU directives in an expanded Europe /
Peter J. van Krieken (ed.). – The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2004. – xi, 346 p.
ISBN: 90-6704-180-7
The year 2004 was the year of the enlargement of the European Union and the end
of the 5-year transition period foreseen under the Treaty of Amsterdam. This book
contains all the relevant directives and regulations on the sensitive and often
politicised issues of asylum and migration as adopted by the European Union
through 2004.
Crimes against humanity: a normative account / Larry May. – Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2005. – 310 p. – (Cambridge studies in philosophy and law)
ISBN: 0-521-60051-0
This book deals with the philosophical foundations of international criminal law.
The focus is on the moral, legal, and political questions that arise when individuals
who commit collective crimes, such as crimes against humanity, are held
accountable by international criminal tribunals. These tribunals challenge one of
the most sacred prerogatives of States – sovereignty – and breaches to this
sovereignty can be justified in limited circumstances, following what the author calls
a minimalist account of the justification of international prosecution.
Ethnic conflict, minority protection and conflict resolution: human rights perspectives /
Harvard Law School Human Rights Program. – Cambridge: HRP, 2004. – 109 p.
ISBN: 1-879875-15-2
Organised in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation and the International
Center for Ethnic Studies (Sri Lanka), this roundtable meeting in Bellagio, Italy,
brought together scholars, practitioners and advocates from the fields of active
conflict resolution, human rights, and academia to explore the interconnection of
norms, institutions and processes where ethnic and religious identity is a major
element in a conflict. It explored the role of human rights in the practice and theory
of conflict resolution.
The European Union and conflict prevention: policy and legal aspects / Vincent
Kronenberger and Jan Wouters (eds.). – The Hague: T.M.C. Asser, 2004. – 614 p.
ISBN: 90-6704-171-8
Since 2001, the prevention of violent conflicts has been a priority of the European
Union’s external policy. The current draft Constitution for Europe proposes to
insert the prevention of conflicts within the text of the Treaty. This volume explores
and scrutinises the progress achieved by the European Union in the definition of a
concrete conflict prevention strategy, as well as the challenges it still faces. The
contributors focus on the following issues: definition of and indicators for conflict
prevention; institutional and constitutional dimension of conflict prevention; EU’s
instruments for the prevention of violent conflicts; structural conflict prevention
and mainstreaming conflict prevention into EU’s policies; and cooperation with
other international organisations and civil society.
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