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Corporation News
Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know—Now Available
in English and Arabic
The
Crimes of War Project, a Carnegie Corporation grantee, has announced
the release of an Arabic edition of Crimes of War: What the Public
Should Know, an authoritative guide to war crimes for journalists
and the general public. Originally published in English by editors
Roy Gutman and David Rieff, Crimes of War contains articles
and legal analysis by leading journalists and jurists about the
complex issues surrounding war crimes. Both versions are available
in print and on-line at the Crimes of War Project's web site (see
below).
Published
by Azmina Publishers, an independent Jordanian publishing house,
the new edition was edited by veteran Arab journalist Daoud Kuttab
with legal advisor Georges Abi-Saab, Honorary Law Professor at Cairo
University. The war in Iraq was a determining factor in the decision
to post the book online. "We wanted to have the material available
for the public to help them differentiate between war activities
and crimes of war as specified by International Humanitarian Law,"
explained Kuttab.
Crimes
of War: What the Public Should Know is also available in French,
Spanish, Italian, German, Hungarian, Russian and Chinese.
The English version of Crimes of War can be found at www.crimesofwar.org
The Arabic version of Crimes of War can be found at www.crimesofwar.org/arabic.
The Arabic edition is also available on CD and may be ordered from
the Crimes of War Project.
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