Includes bibliographical references and index

William Schabas: portrait of a scholar/activist extraordinaire / Roger S. Clark -- Part I. Human Rights -- Human rights and international criminal justice in the twenty-first century: the end of the post-WWII phase and the beginning of an uncertain new era / M. Cherif Bassiouni -- William Schabas, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and international human rights law / Thomas A. Cromwell and Bruno Gélinas-Faucher --- The International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as a victim-oriented treaty / Emmanuel Decaux -- he politics of sectarianism and its reflection in questions of international law and state formation in the Middle East / Kathleen Cavanaugh and Joshua Castellino -- Part II. Capital Punishment -- International law and the death penalty: a toothless tiger, or a meaningful force for change? / Sandra L. Babcock -- The UN optional protocol on the abolition of the death penalty / Marc Bossuyt -- The right to life and the progressive abolition of the death penalty / Christof Heyns, Thomas Probert, and Tess Borden -- Progress and trend of the reform of the death penalty in China / Zhao Bingzhi -- Part III. International Criminal Law -- Criminal law philosophy in William Schabas's scholarship / Margaret M. deGuzman -- Is the ICC focusing too much on non-state actors? / Frédéric Mégret -- The principle of legality at the crossroads of human rights and international criminal law / Shane Darcy -- Revisiting the sources of applicable law before the ICC / Alain Pellet -- The ICC as a work in progress, for a world in process / Mireille Delmas-Marty -- Legacy in international criminal justice / Carsten Stahn -- Torture by private actors and 'gold plating' the offence in national law: an exchange of emails in honour of William Schabas / Andrew Clapham and Paola Gaeta -- Part IV. Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity -- Secrets and surprises in the travaux préparatoires of the genocide convention / Hirad Abtahi and Philippa Webb -- Perspectives on cultural genocide: from criminal law to cultural diversity / Jérémie Gilbert -- Crimes against humanity: repairing Title 18's blind spots / Beth Van Schaack -- A new global treaty on crimes against humanity: future prospects / Leila Nadya Sadat -- Part V. Transitional Justice and Atrocity Prevention -- Justice outside of criminal courtrooms and jailhouses / Mark A. Drumbl -- Toward greater synergy between courts and truth commissions in post-conflict contexts: lessons from Sierra Leone / Charles Chernor Jalloh -- International criminal tribunals and cooperation with states: Serbia and the provision of evidence for the Slobodan Milosěvić trial at the ICTY / Geoffrey Nice and Nevenka Tromp -- The arc toward justice and peace / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- The maintenance of international peace and security through prevention of atrocity crimes: the question of cooperation between the UN and regional arrangements / Adama Dieng -- Part VI. Justice in Culture and Practice -- Law and film: curating rights cinema / Emma Sandon -- The role of advocates in developing international law / Wayne Jordash -- Bill the blogger / Diane Marie Amann