The Author: Johan D. van der Vyver, B.Comm., LL.B., Honns. B.A. (Potchefstroom University, South Africa), LL.D. (University of Pretoria); Diploma of the International and Comparative Law of Human Rights (International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg), LL.D. (honoris causa, University of Zululand), LL.D. (honoris causa, Potchefstroom University); I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Emory University School of Law (USA); Director of The World Law Institute of Emory University; Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion of Emory University; Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Private Law of the University of Pretoria.

• Contents: American foreign policy – Prosecuting offences against the law of nations – Ratification of international human rights instruments – A juvenile justice system that violates international standards of rights of the child – A hostile attitude toward jurisprudence of international tribunals – American exceptionalism and the international criminal court – Military interventions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Author: Johan D. van der Vyver, B.Comm., LL.B., Honns. B.A. (Potchefstroom University, South Africa), LL.D. (University of Pretoria); Diploma of the International and Comparative Law of Human Rights (International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg), LL.D. (honoris causa, University of Zululand), LL.D. (honoris causa, Potchefstroom University); I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Emory University School of Law (USA); Director of The World Law Institute of Emory University; Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion of Emory University; Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Private Law of the University of Pretoria.

• Contents: American foreign policy – Prosecuting offences against the law of nations – Ratification of international human rights instruments – A juvenile justice system that violates international standards of rights of the child – A hostile attitude toward jurisprudence of international tribunals – American exceptionalism and the international criminal court – Military interventions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Author: Johan D. van der Vyver, B.Comm., LL.B., Honns. B.A. (Potchefstroom University, South Africa), LL.D. (University of Pretoria); Diploma of the International and Comparative Law of Human Rights (International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg), LL.D. (honoris causa, University of Zululand), LL.D. (honoris causa, Potchefstroom University); I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Emory University School of Law (USA); Director of The World Law Institute of Emory University; Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion of Emory University; Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Private Law of the University of Pretoria.

• Contents: American foreign policy – Prosecuting offences against the law of nations – Ratification of international human rights instruments – A juvenile justice system that violates international standards of rights of the child – A hostile attitude toward jurisprudence of international tribunals – American exceptionalism and the international criminal court – Military interventions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.