TY - BOOK AU - Kamber,Krešimir TI - Prosecuting human rights offences: rethinking the sword function of human rights law T2 - International criminal law series SN - 9789004337756 SN - 2213-2724 U1 - 341.48 PY - 2017/// CY - Leiden PB - Brill KW - International law and human rights KW - Prosecution KW - Decision making KW - Liability for human rights violations KW - Human rights KW - Criminal provisions KW - Victims of crimes KW - Civil rights KW - International and municipal law N1 - Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Ghent University Faculty of Law, 2016) issued under title: Effective application of criminal law mechanics in human rights protection : the function of criminal prosecution in contemporary criminal justice systems --Preface; Introduction -- Procedural obligation in the multi-layered structure of human rights -- Obligation to investigate and prosecute human rights offences in International human rights law -- Obligation to investigate and prosecute human rights offences under the ECHR -- The concept of procedural obligation in practical legal reasoning -- Conceptualising variances : the right-claim to effective application of criminal-law mechanisms and the public prerogative of criminal prosecution -- Optimising variances : differentiation of the human rights element in the charging process ER -