Narrowing the impunity gap?:How host states deal with alleged perpetrators of serious crimes excluded from international protection: a case study of the Netherlands

States hosting asylum seekers could make a crucial contribution to the aim of narrowing the impunity gap that exists for international crimes, by promoting the criminal prosecution of asylum seekers who are believed to be guilty of such crimes. To what extent are these states willing to bring people residing on their territory who allegedly have ‘blood on their hands’ to justice, and what can and do they actually do to promote accountability for these alleged perpetrators? This PhD thesis is the result of an empirical study of the role that host states in practice play in criminally prosecutin... Mehr ...