# The Politics of International Criminal Justice German. Perspectives from Nuremberg to The Hague - Portail Universitaire du droit

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## Parution

- **ISBN** : 978-1-849-46313-3
- **Éditeur** : Hart

## Résumé

Ronen SteinkeThe Politics of International Criminal JusticeGerman Perspectives from Nuremberg to The HagueOxford, Hart Publishing (Studies in International Law n°41), mai 2012, 160 p., ISBN:9781849463133, £30Présentation éditeurTo anyone setting out to explore the entanglement of international criminal justice with the interests of States, Germany is a particularly curious, exemplary case. Although a liberal democracy since 1949, its political position has altered radically in the last 60 years. Starting from a position of harsh scepticism in the years following the Nuremberg Trials, and opening up to the rationales of international criminal justice only slowly - and then mainly in the context of domestic trials against functionaries of the former East German regime after 1990 - Germany is today one of the most active supporters of the International Criminal Court. The climax of this is its campaigning to make the ICC independent of the UN Security Council - a debate in which Germany took a position in stark contrast to the United States. This book offers new insight into the debates leading up to such policy shifts. Drawing on government documents and interviews with policymakers, it enriches a broader debate on the politics of international criminal justice which has to date often been focused primarily on the United States.AuteurRonen Steinke is a lawyer and a political journalist with Süddeutsche Zeitung.SommaireAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 The Politics of ‘Historical Truth’: An Outline‘Historical Truth’ as a Goal and a Problem Extreme Selectivity and Slices of TruthThe Need for Representative Case SelectionsAre Objective Selections Possible? The Gravity Test The Critical Systemic Role of the ProsecutorChecks on the Prosecutor? The ‘Accountability v Independence’ DebateConclusion       2 German Objections to the Nuremberg Trials after 1949The Allies in ControlAllied Priorities: Shaping the Historical Narrative Germany and the nullum crimen Debate Germany and the tu quoque DebateGermany’s Opposition to New Tribunals Conclusion      3 Germany’s Own GDR Trials after 1989West Germany in Control West German Narrative Interests The U-Turn on nullum crimen Conclusion    4 German Support for the UN Ad Hoc Tribunals in the 1990sThe UN Security Council in ControlGermany’s Narrative Interests on the BalkansWestern Priorities: Shaping the Historical Narrative Germany’s Interests in New Tribunals Conclusion      5 Germany’s Role (and Stake) in the Creation of the ICCWho Should Be in Control?Originally, Germany Favoured UN Security Council Control Then, Germany Argues for ‘Independence’ InsteadRemarkably, Idealist and Realists in Germany had Joined Hands German Realists had Nothing to Lose from the Shift Towards  Independence More Importantly However, They had a Lot to GainIndependence and the Crime of AggressionConclusion  6 Cosmopolitan Ideals and National Interest: Concluding Remarks BibliographyIndexSource: http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?isbn=9781849463133


## Métadonnées

- **Catégorie** : Parutions
- **Publié** : 2012-06-25

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