Abstract
While international criminal conventions are limited in their application, there is growing recognition of a duty for states to do something to give meaning to human rights.
Keywords
human rights, legal obligation
Publication Date
1998
Document Type
Article
Publication Information
59 (4) Law and Contemporary Problems 41 (1998)
Repository Citation
Scharf, Michael P., "The Letter of the Law: The Scope of the International Legal Obligation to Prosecute Human Rights Crimes" (1998). Faculty Publications. 1151.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/1151