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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"International criminal tribunals"”.
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United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals: necessary or avoidable? An analysis of the different options for the residual functions of the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals
When closing ad hoc Tribunals, the Security Council is faced with the problem of how to deal with the residual functions that need to be carried out after the Tribunals’ closure. In the cases of the ICTY, ICTR and SCSL, the Security Council established the UN Mechanism for International Tribunals …
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Issues and Controversies Surrounding the Use of Plea Bargaining in International Criminal Tribunals
… that surround the use of plea bargaining in international criminal tribunals. Existing approaches to this subject have a tendency to be overly abstract, resulting in often ideologically deterministic justifications or critiques of plea bargaining in an international context. These approaches …
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The interests of justice in the practice of international criminal law
Among the concepts that apply within the international criminal justice system the ‘interests of justice’ frequently emerges. This apparently intuitive concept appears in several statutes, conventions, regulations, codes and legislative tools in general. The ‘interests of justice’ has been …
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Hybrid and Internationalized Criminal Tribunals: Jurisdictional Issues
In recent years a number of criminal tribunals have been established to investigate, prosecute and try individuals accused of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights. These tribunals have been described as 'hybrid' or 'internationalised' tribunals as …
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The legal and constitutional significance of Article 74(3) of the Kenyan draft constitution on improperly obtained evidence
… jurisdictions and the evidential systems of international criminal tribunals.
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The international criminal court: justice for victims of international crimes?
The International Criminal Court has been hailed as justice for victims on account of its Statute including a number of articles on victims such as participation, protection and reparations. These victim articles challenge the traditional trial proceedings of international criminal justice which …
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Sovereign Misconceptions: A Theoretical Analysis of the Perceived Impact of the International Criminal Court on the Institution of State Sovereignty
The establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) through the signing of the Rome Statute in July, 1998 created the first permanent criminal court under international law. The Court stands in stark contrast to previous international criminal tribunals not simply because of its permanent …
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Karo nusikaltimų traktuotė tarptautiniuose teisės aktuose ir LR BK /
… approach to war crimes in the instruments of the International law and in the Criminal code of the Republic of Lithuania. First of all, the conception of war crimes in international documents is analized, with an objective to provide a clear and comprehensive definition of war crimes; also the …
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Integrating restorative justice into the ICC’s legal framework: possibility and necessity
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the only permanent international court that has jurisdiction over the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. The ICC is a young international organisation, and is now facing many difficulties when dealing with …
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The Influence of Human Rights Advocacy Networks on the Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in International Criminal Courts
… of conflict-related sexual violence in international criminal courts. This thesis will use the cases of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to demonstrate that …
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The relationship between national and international jurisdiction for ‘core crimes’ under international law-a critical analysis
… humanity and war crimes at both national and international level, a number of pertinent issues come up concerning the Court which should have primacy to deal with a particular case. States have had a variety of options at their disposal, such as complementarity, exclusivity, subsidiarity and …
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The relationship between national and international jurisdiction for ‘core crimes’ under international law-a critical analysis
… humanity and war crimes at both national and international level, a number of pertinent issues come up concerning the Court which should have primacy to deal with a particular case. States have had a variety of options at their disposal, such as complementarity, exclusivity, subsidiarity and …
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Choosing an international legal regime: How much justice would you trade for peace?
… ideas to compare the relative performance of international criminal tribunals designed according to the principles of state sovereignty, human/cosmopolitan rights, and domestic tort litigation. A novel result is that the careful choice of the legal regime might substantially reduce the …
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The importance of reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence : challenges facing the International Criminal Court
… issue, there have been numerous developments in international humanitarian law as well as the field of criminal justice, which serve to recognise and condemn the prevalence of wartime sexual violence. That is, rape and other forms of sexual violence have been categorised as international crimes …
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Complicity in international criminal law: A fragmented law in need of a new approach
Since the advent of the concept of complicity in international crimes in the years following the end of World War 2, the international jurisprudence has had difficulties in conclusively establishing the content of this concept. To that effect, the ICTY, ICTR, SCSL, STL, and the ICC’s jurisprudence …
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The international criminal court state cooperation regime : current controversies in historical and theoretical context
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent, international institution established to prosecute individuals who commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The treaty establishing the ICC - the Rome Statute - entered into force in 2002 and currently has more than 110 …
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The international criminal court state cooperation regime : current controversies in historical and theoretical context
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent, international institution established to prosecute individuals who commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The treaty establishing the ICC - the Rome Statute - entered into force in 2002 and currently has more than 110 …
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Exploring the differences and similarities in sexual violence as forms of genocide and crimes against humanity
… it never found any interpretation by subsequent tribunals who were responsible for prosecuting offenders.The case of The Prosecutor v Jean-Paul Akayesu was the first of its kind to give jurisprudential recognition and interpretation to sexual violence as war crimes, crimes against humanity and …
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The contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to the development and enforcement of international humanitarian law in Africa
… how the ICTR is developing and enforcing international humanitarian law (IHL). Already it has successfully sent out a clear message to leaders worldwide that gross human rights violations of this nature will no longer go unpunished, providing a form of deterrence. The ICTR continues to …