Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Problems in blaming and punishing individuals for human rights violations : the example of the Berlin wall shootings

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Problems in blaming and punishing individuals for human rights violations : the example of the Berlin wall shootings / Susanne Walther

Sumario: Introduction -- Post-unification criminal law issues -- International and constitutional law problems of establishing criminal responsability: do we have to respect possible impunity grounds provided by German Democratic Republic law? -- Problems of individual attribution and personal culpability -- Special problems in prosecuting top-level decisionmakers -- Criminal sanctions: to what avail? -- Conclusion - Some perspectives on criminal justice in human rights cases

En: European journal of crime, criminal law and criminal justice. - Deventer (The Netherlands. - Issue 2, 1993 ; p. 104-125

1. Derecho penal . 2. Derecho criminal . 3. Derecho constitucional . 4. Derecho internacional . 5. Unificación alemana . 6. Alemania (República Democrática) . I. Título. II. Título: European journal of crime, criminal law and criminal justice.