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Prohibition of sexual exploitation of children constituting obligation Erga Omnes
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Whilst the value of human integrity within the laws of individual states and the documents of international human rights is being increasingly consolidated and will become, sooner or later, the pri...
Whilst the value of human integrity within the laws of individual states and the documents of international human rights is being increasingly consolidated and will become, sooner or later, the primary concern of the law, severe breaches of this value are indeed still widespread. In particular the sexual exploitation of children constitutes one of the most serious questions of national, regional, transnational and international law. According to international records, every fifteen seconds a.
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- Creator
- Farhad Malekian and Kerstin Nordlöf
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (275 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781443868532, 1443868531, 1443847666, 1322180598
- OCLC
- ocn892799120, ocn892430333
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- English
- Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE -- Introduction -- What Is International Criminal Law? -- Sources of the Law -- Jus Cogens -- Normative Function -- Superiority -- Precedence over National Law -- Precedence over International Law -- Characterization -- Categories -- Criteria of Recognition -- Jus Cogens Crimes -- Obligation Erga Omnes -- Function -- Definite Implementation -- Differences -- Enforcement -- International Law Commission -- CHAPTER TWO -- Introduction -- De Lege Lata -- De Lege Ferenda -- Ex Post Facto Law -- Nullum Crimen Sine Lege -- Criminal Responsibility -- Mens Rea -- Ne Bis in Idem -- Transnational Organized Crime -- CHAPTER THREE -- Introduction -- The Message of the United Nations Charter -- The Value of the Human Rights Declaration -- The Legacy of the Vienna Declaration -- The Origins of the Millennium Declaration -- CHAPTER FOUR -- Introduction -- Elimination of Discrimination against Females -- Suppression of All Forms of Discrimination against Females -- Elimination of Violence against Females -- Struggles for the Equality of Females -- Prevention and Punishment of Violence against Women -- Globalization of Commitment on HIV/AIDS -- CHAPTER FIVE -- Introduction -- African States -- The Contribution of the African Charter -- The Protocol to Strengthen the African Charter -- American States -- Protection of the Victims of Trafficking -- Arab States -- The Concept of Prohibition in Islamic Law -- Suppression under the Arab Charter -- European States -- Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms -- The Council of Europe against Trafficking in Human Beings -- Purposes -- Scope of Application -- Definitions -- Prevention of Trafficking -- Substantive Criminal Law -- Attempt and Other Acts -- Joint Criminal Responsibility -- Prosecution and its Subjects -- Remarks -- CHAPTER SIX
- Introduction -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Abolition of Institutions of Slavery -- Development -- Efforts -- Abolition within the First Slavery Convention -- Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery -- A New Convention -- Descriptions -- Slave Trade -- Attempt -- The First International Agreement for the Suppression of "the White Slave Traffic" -- Criminalization -- Repatriation -- Women of Colonies -- The Second International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic -- Modification -- Criminalization -- Complicity -- International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children -- Creation -- Key policy -- Assistance -- Lost policy -- International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age -- Criminalization -- Legislation -- Disputes -- Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others -- Intention -- Punishment -- Knowledge -- Abolition and Disqualification -- Extradition -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- Introduction -- Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child -- Declaration of the Rights of the Child -- Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Overview -- Characterization -- Definition -- Protection -- Exploitation -- Interchangeable Terms -- Problematic Reservations -- Inadequacy -- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography -- Overview -- Criminalization -- Punishment -- Jurisdiction -- Extradition -- Prevention of Impunity -- Protection of Child Victims -- The Advantages of the Optional Protocol -- Problematic Reservations -- Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour -- Rights and Welfare of the Child in Africa -- Overview -- Criminalization
- Sexual Exploitation -- Sale of Children -- Begging -- Suppressing and Punishing Trafficking in Persons -- Overview -- Purposes -- Scope and Definitions -- Criminalization -- Preventive Measures -- Protection of Victims -- Protection of Identity -- Assistance in proceedings -- Recovery -- Special Need -- Physical Safety -- Compensation -- Victims in Receiving State -- Repatriation of Victims -- Justice -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- Background -- Ad hoc Tribunals -- Cases -- The ICC -- Crimes against Humanity -- Conditions for Prosecution -- Sexual Violence -- Rape -- Sexual Slavery -- The Geneva Conventions -- Cases -- Requirement for Identification -- Complementarity Jurisdiction -- CHAPTER NINE -- Protection of Values -- Underlying Reasons -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX ONE -- APPENDIX TWO -- APPENDIX THREE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY