{"product_id":"9789462652545","title":"International Criminal Justice Series: The Red Terror Trials","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInternational Criminal Justice Series: The Red Terror Trials\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eTessema, Marshet Tadesse\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis book investigates the road map or the transitional justice mechanisms that the\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEthiopian government chose to confront the gross human rights violations perpetrated\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eunder the 17 years’ rule of the Derg, the dictatorial regime that controlled state power\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003efrom 1974 to 1991. Furthermore, the author extensively examines the prosecution of\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003epoliticide or genocide against political groups in Ethiopia.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDealing with the violent conflict, massacres, repressions and other mass atrocities of\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ethe past is necessary, not for its own sake, but to clear the way for a new beginning.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn other words, ignoring gross human rights violations and attempting to close the\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003echapter on an oppressive dictatorial past by choosing to let bygones be bygones, is no\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003elonger a viable option when starting on the road to a democratic future. For unaddressed\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eatrocities and a sense of injustice would notonly continue to haunt a nation but\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ecould also ignite similar conflicts in the future.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSo the question is what choices are available to the newly installed government when\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003econfronting the evils of the past. There are a wide array of transitional mechanisms\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eto choose from, but there is no “one size fits all” mechanism. Of all the transitional\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ejustice mechanisms, namely truth commissions, lustration, amnesty, prosecution,\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eand reparation, the Ethiopian government chose prosecution as the main means for\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003edealing with the horrendous crimes committed by the \u003ci\u003eDerg\u003c\/i\u003e regime.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOne of the formidable challenges for transitioning states in dealing with the crimes of\u003c\/div\u003eformer regimes is an inadequate legal framework by which to criminalize and punish\u003cdiv\u003eegregious human rights violations. With the aim of examining whether or not Ethiopia\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ehas confronted this challenge,the book assesses Ethiopia’s legal framework regarding\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eboth crimes under international law and individual criminal responsibility.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book will be of great relevance to academics and practitioners in the areas of\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003egenocide studies, international criminal law and transitional justice. Students in the\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003efields of international criminal law, transitional justice and human rights will also\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003efind relevant information on the national prosecution of politicide in particular and\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ethe question of confronting the past in general.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMarshet Tadesse Tessema\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of the Law School, College of Law and\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGovernance at Jimma University in Ethiopia, and Postdoctoral Fellow of the South\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAfrican-German Centre, University of the Western Cape in South Africa.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: T.M.C. Asser Press\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-10-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789462652545\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-6265-255-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 303\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"T.M.C. Asser Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47675515142284,"sku":"9789462652545","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789462652545.jpg?v=1776543057","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789462652545","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}