Legal and other fictions of civil recovery: is it possible to reconcile the civil recovery of the proceeds of grand corruption with criminal justice and human rights?

Thesis

Owing to corruption, between USD20 billion and USD40 billion is estimated to be in flight from developing countries annually - with only USD5 billion in stolen assets having been successfully repatriated in the past 15 years. The Arab Spring served only to strengthen the view that civil recovery is a helpful tool in the fight against the evils of corruption. However, difficult tensions exist between civil recovery and principles of criminal justice and human rights, including the presumption ...

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Authors: Virdi, A

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: asset recovery; social and economic rights; human rights; criminal justice; civil and political rights
• Subjects: Human rights; Criminal justice