Bill Schabas
Emeritus hoogleraar International Criminal Law and Human Rights
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- Prof. W.A. Schabas
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Prof. dr. William Schabas is sinds maart 2012 verbonden aan de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid als Hoogleraar International Criminal Law and Human Rights.
Professor Schabas heeft een bachelor en master in geschiedenis behaald aan de University of Toronto, een LLB, LLM en LLD graad aan de University of Montreal en ere-doctoraten in het recht aan Dalhousie University, Case Western Reserve University en Northwestern University.
Hij is de auteur van meer dan twintig boeken geheel of gedeeltelijk op het terrein van internationale mensenrechten, inclusief het International Strafhof: A Commentary on the Rome Statute (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), Introduction to the International Criminal Court (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, 4th ed.), Genocide in International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 2009) and The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 3rd ed.).
Hij heeft meer dan 300 artikelen gepubliceerd in academische journaals, voornamelijk op het terrein van internationale mensenrechten en internationaal strafrecht. Zijn publicaties zijn vertaald in het Russisch, Duits, Spaans, Portugees, Chinees, Japans, Arabisch, Perzisch, Turks, Nepalees en Albanees.
Professor Schabas is hoofdredacteur van het Criminal Law Forum, het journaal van het International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law dat per kwartaal verschijnt. Hij is voorzitter van het bestuur van Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Association of Genocide Scholars, President van de Irish Branch of the International Law Association en voorzitter van de International Institute for Criminal Investigation. Van 2002 tot 2004 was hij werkzaam als één van de drie internationale leden van het Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Professor Schabas heeft als consultant gewerkt op het terrein van de doodstraf voor de United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime en schreef het 2010 rapport voor de secretaris generaal over de status van de doodstraf.
Professor Schabas heeft de titel Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006 ontvangen. Hij was verkozen tot lid van de Royal Irish Academy in 2007. Hij was genomineerd voor de Vespasian V. Pella Medal for International Criminal Justice van de Association internationale de droit pemal en de Gold Medal for social science van de Royal Irish Academy.
Emeritus hoogleraar International Criminal Law and Human Rights
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Publiekrecht
- Grotius Centre for Intern Legal Studies
- Powderly J.C. & Schabas W.A. (2023), ‘A plea of humanity to law’: In Memoriam for Benjamin Berell Ferencz (1920–2023), Leiden Journal of International Law 36(4): 819-831.
- Schabas W.A. (2021), Bespreking van: Akhavan P. (2017), In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey: Anansi. Human Rights Quarterly 43(1): 212-214.
- Schabas W.A. (2021), Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Customary International Law. In: Blokker N.M., Dam-de Jong D. & Prislan V. (red.), Furthering the Frontiers of International Law: Sovereignty, Human Rights, Sustainable Development. Liber Amicorum Nico Schrijver. Leiden: Brill | Nijhoff. 326-335.
- Schabas W.A. (2020), Le droit coutumier, les normes impératives (jus cogens), et la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme, Revue Québécoise de Droit International 2020(hors série): 681-704.
- Schabas W.A. (2020), The dynamics of the Rome Conference. In: deGuzman M.M. & Oosterveld V. (red.), The Elgar Companion to the International Criminal Court. Elgar Companions to International Courts and Tribunals. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar. 3-19.
- Schabas W.A. (2020), Main Challenges and the Future of International Criminal Law. In: Weill S., Seelinger K.T. & Carlson K.B. (red.), The President on Trial: Prosecuting Hissène Habré. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 416-430.
- Schabas W.A., Van Drooghenbroeck S. & Rizcallah C. (2020), Article 4 – Interdiction de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou dégradants. In: Picod P., Rizcallah C. & Drooghenbroeck V. van (red.), Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne: Commentaire article par article. Collection droit de l'Union européenne – Textes et commentaires. Brussels: Bruylant. 111-128.
- Schabas W.A. (2020), An Introduction to the International Criminal Court [Sixth edition]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Schabas W.A. (red.) (2020), The International Court of Justice. International Law series nr. 23. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.
- Schabas W.A. (2020), Reforms to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency. In: Steinberg R.H. (red.), The International Criminal Court: Contemporary Challenges and Reform Proposals. Leiden-Boston: Brill | Nijhoff. 283-292.
- Schabas W.A. (2019), Nowak’s CCPR Commentary: U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [3rd revised edition]. Kehl: N. P. Engel Verlag.
- Schabas W.A. (2019), John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995): The man behind the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In: McCall-Smith K., Wouters J. & Gómez Isa F. (red.), The Faces of Human Rights. Oxford: Hart. 115-123.
- Schabas W.A. (2019), The right to truth: when does it begin?. In: Lafontaine F. & Larocque F. (red.), Doing Peace the Rights Way: Essays in International Law and Relations in Honour of Louise Arbour. Cambridge: Intersentia. 37-52.
- Schabas W.A. (2019), International Law and the Abolition of the Death Penalty. In: Steiker C.S. & Steiker J.M. (red.), Comparative Capital Punishment. Research Handbooks in Comparative Law. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar. 217-231.
- Schabas W.A. (2019), Kwalifikacja prawna rzezi Woli. In: Habowski E. (red.), Wola 1944. Nierozliczona zbrodnia a pojęcie ludobójstwa. Warsaw: Instytut Solidarności i Męstwa im. Witolda Pileckiego. 83-94.
- Schabas W.A. (2019), Legal Classification of the Wola Massacre. In: Habowski E. (red.), Wola 1944. Nierozliczona zbrodnia a pojęcie ludobójstwa. Warsaw: Instytut Solidarności i Męstwa im. Witolda Pileckiego. 281-290.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), Time, Justice, and Human Rights: Statutory Limitation on the Right to Truth?. In: Adler N. (red.), Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice: Crimes, Courts, Commissions, and Chronicling. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press. 37-55.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), Principle 20. Jurisdiction of International and Internationalized Criminal Tribunals. In: Haldemann F. & Unger T. (red.), The United Nations Principles to Combat Impunity: A Commentary. Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 219-225.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), International Prosecution of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Perpetrated During the First World War. In: Böse M., Bohlander M., Klip A. & Lagodny O. (red.), Justice Without Borders: Essays in Honour of Wolfgang Schomburg. Leiden: Brill. 395-410.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), Article 4 – Interdiction de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou dégradants. In: Picod F. & Drooghenbroeck S. van (red.), Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne: Commentaire article par article. Brussels: Bruylant. 105-115.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), Genocide and the ICERD. In: Keane D. & Waughray A. (red.), Fifty years of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A Living Instrument. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 169-181.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), The Balkan Investigation. In: Crane D.M., Sadat L.N. & Scharf M.P. (red.), The Founders: Four Pioneering Individuals who Launched the First Modern-Era International Criminal Tribunals. New York: Cambridge University Press. 44-51.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), The Use of Force in the Nicaraguan Cases. In: Sobenes Obregon E. & Samson B. (red.), Nicaragua Before the International Court of Justice: Impacts on International Law. Cham: Springer. 305-326.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), Bilan. In: Beauvallet O. (red.), Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la justice pénale internationale. Boulogne-Billancourt: Berger-Levreault. 127-131.
- Schabas W.A. (2018) Review of 'Justice, Mercy, and Caprice: Clemency and the Death Penalty in Ireland'. Bespreking van: O'Donnell I. (2017), Justice, Mercy, and Caprice: Clemency and the Death Penalty in Ireland. Clarendon Studies in Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. The Irish Jurist 58: 161-162.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), The Trial of the Kaiser. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), Fragmentation or Stabilisation? Recent Case Law on the Crime of Genocide in Light of the 2007 Judgment of the International Court of Justice. In: Eboe-Osuji C. & Emeseh E. (red.), Nigerian Yearbook of International Law 2017. The Hague: Springer. 213-238.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), Nuremberg and Aggressive War. In: Sadat L.N. (red.), Seeking Accountability for the Unlawful Use of Force. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 58-79.
- Schabas W.A. (2018), Dreptul omului la Pace. In: Ciucă A. (red.), 100 de ani de Gândire Juridică Românescă: Vespasian V. Pella și dezvoltarea Dreptului Penal Internațional si Național. Iaşi: Editura Universității Alexandru Ioan Cuza. 34-38.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), Introduction. In: Schabas W.A. & Murphy S. (red.), Research Handbook on International Courts and Tribunals. Research Handbooks in International Law. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 1-36.
- Schabas W.A. & Murphy S. (red.) (2017), Research Handbook on International Courts and Tribunals. Research Handbooks in International Law. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), El Mahdi Has Been Convicted of a Crime He Did Not Commit, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 49(1): 75-102.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), Interacting with Academic Institutions. In: Bergsmo M., Rackwitz K. & Song T. (red.), Historical Origins of International Criminal Law. Volume 5. Forum for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law publication series nr. 24. Brussels: Torkel Opsahl Academic Publishers. 377-382.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), The Human Right to Peace, Harvard International Law Journal 58(online): 28-32.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), Double standards and the quest for justice. In: Totten S. (red.), Last Lectures on the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide. Routledge studies in genocide and crimes against humanity. London and New York: Routledge. 282-289.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), Nikolaos Politis and the Earliest Negotiation to Establish an International Criminal Court. In: Jacqué J.P., Benoît-Rohmer F., Grigoriou P. & Marouda M.D. (red.), Liber Amicorum Stelios Perrakis: Ecrits sur la communauté internationale: enjeux juridiques, politiques et diplomatiques = On the international community: legal, political, diplomatic issues. Athens: Sidferis. 167-177.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), La Comisión de Crímenes de Guerra de las Naciones Unidas: Propuesta de una Corte Penal Internacional. In: Aranguren R.J. (red.), Justicia Transicional: Historia y Actualidad. Pamplona: Aranzadi. 89-107.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), An Introduction to the International Criminal Court: [Fifth edition]. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), Strict Construction and the Rome Statute. In: Dewulf S. (red.), La [CVDW]: Liber Amicorum Chris Van den Wyngaert. Antwerpen-Apeldoorn: Maklu. 425-440.
- Schabas W.A. (2017), Defining enforced disappearance as a crime against humanity. In: Bidault M., Boumghar M., Frouville O. de & Trigeaud L. (red.), Réciprocité et universalité: sources et régimes du droit international et des droits de l'homme: mélanges en l'honneur du Professeur Emmanuel Decaux. Paris: Pedone. 449-466.
- Schabas W.A. (2016), Atrocity Crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes). In: Schabas W.A. (red.), The Cambridge Companion to International Criminal Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 199-213.
- Schabas W.A. (2016), State Obligations in Implementing Arrest Warrants. In: Steinberg R.H. (red.), Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court. Leiden and Boston: Brill Nijhoff. 112-123.
- Schabas W.A. (2016), La banalidad de la justicia internacional, Revista Latinoamericana de Derecho Internacional = Latin American Journal of International Law 4: .
- Schabas W.A. (2016), Human rights treaties and capital punishment. In: Touzé S. (red.), L’abolition universelle de la peine de mort: Actes du colloque des 9 et 11 octobre 2014. Publications de l'Institut international des Droits de l'Homme nr. 32. Paris: Pedone. 135-141.
- Schabas W.A. (red.) (2016), The Cambridge Companion to International Criminal Law. Cambridge Companions to Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Bassiouni M.C. & Schabas W.A. (red.) (2016), The Legislative History of the International Criminal Court. International Criminal Law Series nr. 9/1-2. Leiden-Boston: Brill Nijhoff.
- Schabas W.A. (2016), The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute [second edition]. Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Schabas W.A. (2016), Aggression and International Human Rights Law. In: Kreß C. & Barriga S. (red.), The Crime of Aggression: A Commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 351-371.
- Schabas W.A. (2016), General Principles, nullum crimen, and Accountability for International Crimes. In: Acconci P., Donat Cattin D., Marchesi A., Palmisano G. & Santori V. (red.), International Law and the Protection of Humanity: Essays in Honor of Flavia Lattanzi. Leiden Studies on the Frontiers of International Law nr. 3. Leiden-Boston: Brill Nijhoff. 496-505.
- Schabas W.A. (2016), Genocidio. In: Steiner S. & Brandt L. (red.), O Tribunal Penal Internacional: Comentários ao Estatuto de Roma. Belo Horizonte: Del Rey Editora. 137-160.
- Linton S., Simpson G. & Schabas W.A. (red.) (2015), For the Sake of Present and Future Generations: Essays on International Law, Crime and Justice in Honour of Roger S. Clark. Leiden-Boston: Brill Nijhoff.
- Schabas W.A. (2015), The European Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary. Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Schabas W. (2015), Looking Back: How the Founders considered Science and Progress in their Relation to Human Rights, Journal européen des droits de l'homme / European Journal of Human Rights 2015(4): 504-518.
- Schabas W. (2015), The Katyn Forest Massacre and the Nuremberg Trial. In: Bergsmo M., Ling C.W., Song T. & Yi P. (red.), Historical Origins of International Criminal Law: Volume 3. Forum for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law publication series nr. 22. Brussels: Torkel Opsahl Academic Publishers. 249-297.
- Schabas W.A. (2015), The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and his Inscrutable Mandate. In: Majinge C.R. (red.), Rule of Law through Human Rights and International Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Adama Dieng. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 65-81.
- Schabas W.A. (2015), Roger Clark: A Personal Tribute. In: Linton S., Simpson G. & Schabas W.A. (red.), For the Sake of Present and Future Generations: Essays on International Law, Crime and Justice in Honour of Roger S. Clarke. Leiden-Boston: Brill Nijhoff. 12-20.
- Schabas W.A. (2014), The United Nations War Crimes Commission’s Proposal For An International Criminal Court, Criminal Law Forum 25(1/2): 171-189.
- Schabas W.A. (2014), The Right to Life. In: Clapham A. & Gaeta P. (red.), The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 365-386.
- Schabas W.A. (2014), International Criminal Law and Tribunals and Human Rights. In: Sheeran S. & Rodley N. (red.), Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law. New York: Routledge. 215-230.
- Schabas W.A. (2014), Selecting Cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In: Jalloh C.C. & Marong A.B.M. (red.), Promoting Accountability under International Law for Gross Human Rights Violations in Africa: Essays in Honour of Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff. 58-70.
- Schabas W.A. (2014), International Criminal Courts. In: Romano C., Alter K. & Shany Y. (red.), The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 205-224.
- Schabas W.A. (2013), Do the 'Underlying Values' of the European Convention on Human Rights Begin in 1950?, Polish Yearbook of International Law 33: 247-258.
- Schabas W.A. (2013), Travaux Préparatoires of Human Rights Instruments. In: Alen A. Joosten V. Leysen R. Verrijdt W. (red.), Liberae Cogitationes: Liber amicorum Marc Bossuyt. Cambridge-Antwerp-Portland: Intersentia. 579-590.
- Arroyo L., Biglino Campos P. & Schabas W. (red.) (2012), Contra el espanto: Por la abolición de la pena de muerte. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch.
- Boas G., Schabas W.A. & Scharf M.P. (red.) (2012), International Criminal Justice: Legitimacy and Coherence. Abingdon: Edward Elgar.
- Schabas W.A. (2012), Unimaginable Atrocities: Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes Tribunals. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Schabas W. (2012), International Tribunals. In: Krause C. & Scheinin M. (red.), International Protection of Human Rights: A Textbook. Turku/Abo: Abo Akademi University, Institute for Human Rights. 695-721.
- Schabas W. (2012), Foreword. In: Eboe-Osuji C. (red.), International Law and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts. International humanitarian law series nr. 35. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff. xv-xvii.
- Schabas W. (2012), Preface. In: Lafontaine F. (red.), Prosecuting Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes in Canadian Courts. Toronto: Carswell. vii-ix.
- Schabas W. (2012), Freedom from Fear and the Human Right to Peace. In: Keane D. & McDermott Y. (red.), The Challenge of Human Rights: Past, Present and Future. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 36-51.
- Schabas W. (2012), International Criminal Court. In: Ziccardi Capaldo G. (red.), The Global Community: Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence, 2010. The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence nr. 10/2011. New York: Oxford University Press. 371-376.
- Schabas W. (2012), Le génocide. In: Ascensio H., Decaux E. & Pellet A. (red.), Droit international pénal. Paris: Editions A. Pedone. 125-139.
- Schabas W. (2012), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In: Ziccardi Capaldo G. (red.), The Global Community: Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence, 2010. The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence nr. 10/2011. New York: Oxford University Press. 477-488.
- Schabas W.A. (2012), Why is There a Need for a Crimes Against Humanity Convention?. In: Crane D.M. & Anderson E. (red.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Humanitarian Law Dialogs. Studies in transnational legal policy nr. 44. Washington: American Society of International Law. 251-270.
- Schabas W. (2012), A Step to Universal Abolition of the Death Penalty: Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention. In: Delas O. & Leuprecht M. (red.), Liber Amicorum Peter Leuprecht. Mondialisation et droit international nr. 21. Bruxelles: Bruylant. 297-320.
- Schabas W. (2012), The International Criminal Court: Struggling to Find its Way. In: Cassese A. (red.), Realizing Utopia: The Future of International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 250-260.
- Schabas W. (2012), Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Case (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro). In: Wolfrum R. (red.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law nr. 11. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 469-475.
- Schabas W. (2012), Sobre el Informe del Secretario General de Naciones Unidas de diciembre de 2010. In: Arroyo L., Biglino Campos P. & Schabas W. (red.), Contra el espanto: Por la abolición de la pena de muerte. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch. 69-80.
- Schabas W. (2012), Genocide Convention, Reservations (Advisory Opinion). In: Wolfrum R. (red.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law nr. 11. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 414-419.
- Schabas W. (2012), Genocide. In: Wolfrum R. (red.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law nr. 11. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 405-414.
- De Ycaza C. & Schabas W. (2011), Transitional Justice and the African Experience, International Studies Review 13(3): 564-570.
- Powderly J.C., Schabas W.A. & Prud'homme N. (2010), Crimes Against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas. Galway: Irish Centre for Human Rights/ Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.
- Schabas W., Stahn C. & El Zeidy M. (2008), The International Criminal Court and Complementarity: Five Years on, Criminal Law Forum 19(1): 1-3.
- Schabas W. & Stahn C. (2008), Legal aspects of the Lubanga Case, Criminal Law Forum 19(3/4): 431-434.
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