Description |
xviii, 475 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Introduction / Vahida Nainar -- Impunity writ large : a study of crimes committed during anti-Veerappan operations / Saumya Uma -- Persecution of the Dalits : the need to raise standards of accountability / Maya Nair -- Persecution of sexual minorities : relevance of the ICC / Siddharth Narrain -- Understanding enforced disappearances / V. Seshaiah Shasthri -- Severe punishments and the ICC : significance for the Indian penal regime / Bikram Jeet Batra -- Law reform on sexual and gender-based crimes in mass violence / Saumya Uma -- Integrating victims' rights in the Indian legal framework / Saumya Uma -- Significance of global justice in the war against terror / Arvind Narrain -- ICC and the Indian military justice system : complementarities / U.C. Jha -- Torture by private actors : introducing a legal discourse in India / Vahida Nair -- Genocide : international standards and their application to India / Priya Pillai -- Crimes against humanity in India : towards a legal understanding / Vahida Nair -- International terrorism : a crime against humanity? / Shruti Bedi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- India.
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Impunity -- India.
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Criminal law -- India.
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Crime -- India.
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Victims of crimes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India.
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Human rights -- India.
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Dalits -- India -- Social conditions.
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International criminal law.
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SUBJECT |
India -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064951
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Author |
Nainar, Vahida, editor of compilation
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Uma, Saumya, editor of compilation
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Baxi, Upendra, writer of preface
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LC no. |
2013319913 |
ISBN |
9780198079996 |
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0198079990 |
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