Pursuing Elusive Justice: Mass Crimes in India and Relevance of International Standards

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The book explores various issues pertaining to human rights and criminal justice system in India. It argues that a number of gap areas - inadequate laws, lack of impartial investigation, and inability to protect witness - exist in the present system that have led to a climate of impunity for mass crimes. The volume comprehensively covers topics such as victim's rights, impunity, and military justice system. It also discusses the status of Dalits and sexual minorities in relation to accessing justice. This volume compares India's legal framework with that of the international community, and builds a strong case for reforms. The essays also highlight the jurisprudence and standards set by the international courts and tribunals to deal with mass crimes and suggest that India reform its system to effectively address such issues. This book will interest lawyers, policymakers, activists, and journalists. Scholars, researchers, teachers, and students of law and politics will also find it useful. Special Features Compares Indian criminal law with international standards. Critically analyses the role of State in dealing with issues of mass crimes. Emphasizes need for reforms in Indian criminal justice system. Covers contemporary and relevant topics. About the Author Saumya Uma is advocate at the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India. She is also consultant on gender, human rights, mass crimes, and law. Vahida Nainar is a women's rights and human rights activist. She is also the former Executive Director of the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice in New York.

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Preface Acknowledgements 1. Vahida Nainar: Introduction 2. Saumya Uma: Impunity Writ Large: A Study of Crimes committed during Anti-Veerappan Operations 3. Maya Nair: Dalits in India: The Need to Raise Standards of Accountability 4. Siddharth Narrain: Persecution of Sexual Minorities: Relevance of the ICC 5. Understanding Enforced Disappearances 6. Bikram Jeet Batra: Severe Punishments and the ICC: Significance for the Indian Penal Regime 7. Saumya Uma: Law Reform on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes in Mass Violence 8. Saumya Uma: Integrating Victims Rights in the Indian Legal Framework 9. Arvind Narrain: Significance of Global Justice in the War on Terror 10. U. C. Jha: ICC and Indian Military Justice System: Complementarities 11. Vahida Nainar: Torture by Private Actors: Introducing a Legal Discourse in India 12. Priya Pillai: Genocide: International Standards and their Application to India 13. Vahida Nainar: Crimes Against Humanity in India: Towards a Legal Understanding 14. Shruti Bedi: International Terrorism: A Crime Against Humanity? Bibliography Index