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The Law Commission, Bangladesh. Opinion of the Law Commission on the technical aspects of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 (Act No. XIX of 1973). 2009.

Abstract: While reviewing the ’73 Act, The Law Commission’s central focus was on the individual responsibility in the commission of the crimes and holding of the trial by an independent, impartial and comprehensive tribunal on the basis of internationally accepted rules of procedure and evidence. The Law Commission, in this proposed recommendation made suggestions for provisions for the registry of the tribunal.

Stephens, Beth. “Humanitarian Law and Gender Violence: An End to Centuries of Neglect?” Hofstra L. & Pol’y Symp. 3 (1999): 87-109.

Abstract: The scandalous history of rape and other gender violence being used as weapons of war has been ignored by books, politicians and even the rare ad hoc international criminal tribunals. The discussion and debate about these issues has raised international awareness and response to such abuses. The path forward will depend on the success of detaining defendants and bringing them to trial, the success of the resulting prosecutions and on the tribunals’ record in respecting and protecting survivors and witnesses.

Ball, Howard. War Crimes and Justice: A Reference Handbook. Contemporary World Issues. Santa Barbara, California: ABCCLIO, 2002.

Abstract: How do you speak of the unspeakable and defend the indefensible? War Crimes and Justice: A Reference Handbook thoroughly examines the laws of war and how the world community handles the monstrous brutalities of war through the international justice system. Highlighted are 20th century war crimes and trials including Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and the Kerry incident in Vietnam. Also covered are the four international tribunals established to punish violators in Nuremberg, Tokyo, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda.
Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Howard Ball discusses those who committed unspeakable acts during war, others who sought justice for victims, and case studies portraying both victims and perpetrators. Significant treaties and conventions are explored, as well as all the options available to nations emerging from the throes of bloody civil wars to ensure peace with justice.

May, Lary. War Crimes and Just War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Abstract: War crimes are international crimes committed during armed conflict. Larry May argues that the best way to understand war crimes is as crimes against humanness rather than as violations of justice. Throughout, May demonstrates that the principle of humanness in the cornerstone of international humanitarian law, and is itself the basis of the traditional principles of discrimination, necessity, and proportionality.

Kinloch, Graham C and Mohan, Raj P, ed. Genocide: Approaches, Case Studies, and Responses. New York: Algora Publishing, 2005.

Abstract: Fourteen authors analyze factors behind genocidal situations worldwide, with detailed case studies, and an evaluation of attempts to prevent genocide and of the implications for human rights policies, with a particular concern to develop new and practical insights.

Bloxham, Donald. Genocide on Trial: War Crimes Trials and the Formation of Holocaust History and Memory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Abstract: When the Allies tried German war criminals at the end of World War II they were attempting not only to punish the guilty but also to set down a history of Nazism and of what had happened in Europe. Yet as Donald Bloxham shows in this incisive account, the reality was that these proceedings failed. Not only did the guilty often escape punishment but the final solution was largely written out of history in the post-war era.