Full Description
Of unparalleled breadth, depth, and authority, the "Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice" is a criminal law reform tool tailored to the needs of countries emerging from conflict. Its three volumes present four complete legal codes that national and international actors can use to create, overhaul, update, or plug gaps in the criminal laws in individual post-conflict states. Each volume offers not only substantive legal provisions but also expert commentary that explains wording choices, elaborates on the content of the provisions, and highlights associated considerations and reforms. This volume, the first to be published (the second and third volumes will appear in fall 2007 and spring 2008), opens with a User's Guide that explains the development, purpose, and content of the book, and then lays out a comprehensive Model Criminal Code. The code is divided into two parts: a "General Part" that contains general principles of criminal law and penalties, and a "Special Part" that presents a catalog of criminal offenses, including those such as sexual offenses, organized crime, and corruption that are particularly common or destabilizing in post-conflict environments.
"The Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice" is the culmination of a six-year project spearheaded by the United States Institute of Peace and the Irish Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. More than two hundred experts and practitioners from across the world were involved in the drafting, vetting, and revision of the provisions and their commentaries. This enormous breadth of expertise has allowed the Model Codes to draw on lessons learned in a variety of post-conflict states and from the laws of a remarkable variety of the world's legal systems and traditions. The result is an indispensable resource for those striving to reestablish the rule of law in societies recently wracked by violent conflict. Each copy of this volume contains a CD of the complete text.
Contents
Foreword - Louise Arbour and Antonio Maria Costa Preface - Neil Kritz and William Schabas Users Guide Introduction The Model Codes Project: A Response to Post-Conflict Criminal Law Needs Potential Uses of the Model Codes in a Criminal Law Reform Process A Synopsis of the Model Criminal Code Guiding Principles for the Criminal Law Reform Process Part I: General Part Definitions Fundamental Principles Jurisdiction Ne Bis in Idem Statutory Limitations Time and Place of Commission of a Criminal Offense Criminal Offense, Criminal Responsibility, and Commission of a Criminal Offense Criminal Responsibility of Legal Persons Justification and Excusal of Criminal Responsibility Criminal Attempt Participation in a Criminal Offense Penalties Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime and Property Dispositions Applicable to Juveniles and Adults on Trial for Criminal Offenses Committed as Juveniles Part II: Special Part Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and War Crimes Offenses against Life and Limb Sexual Offenses Offenses against the Rights of Persons Offenses against Children Property Offenses Economic Offenses Organized Crime Offenses Corruption Offenses Corruption-Related Offenses and Other Offenses Involving a Public Official Offenses against the State, Public Safety, and Security Offenses against United Nations and Associated Personnel Offenses Involving Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Weapons Drugs Offenses Election Offenses Cybercrime Offenses Offenses against the Administration of Justice Index
