Jonathan Hafetz: 2 books
Habeas Corpus after 9/11
Confronting America’s New Global Detention System
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
The U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay has long been synonymous with torture, secrecy, and the abuse of executive power. It has come to epitomize lawlessness and has sparked protracted legal battles and political debate. For too long, however, Guantánamo has been viewed in isolation and has...
Punishing Atrocities through a Fair Trial
International Criminal Law from Nuremberg to the Age of Global Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Over the past decades, international criminal law has evolved to become the operative norm for addressing the worst atrocities. Tribunals have conducted hundreds of trials addressing mass violence in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and other countries to bring to justice perpetrators...