Justice Belied : the unbalanced scales of international criminal justice / edited by Sébastien Chartrand and John Philpot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chartrand, Sébastien, editor.

Philpot, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal law--Research.

Criminal law.

Civil law--History.

Civil law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montréal, Québec : Baraka Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by practicing criminal defense lawyers, jurists, investigators, and specialized journalists, this book criticizes the whole initiative of international criminal justice and considers the idea that it must be abandoned in the name of justice. Has foreign policy trumped justice? How are equity, equality before the law, absence of selectivity, protection of witnesses, and enforcement affected? How are lives of citizens throughout the world changed by International Justice? Asking the burning questions about criminal justice as it is practiced at the International Criminal Court, the ad-ho

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Acronyms; Introduction; PART I; International Criminal Justice in the Eyes of Africans and African Americans; 1 African Court and International Criminal Courts: Discriminatory International Justice and the Quest for a New World Judicial Order; Introduction; Selective and Discriminatory Justice in Context; The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: A Victors' Court; Backdoor Attempts to Eternalise Victors' Justice; The Special Court for Sierra Leone; The ICC: The Price of Selective and Discriminatory Justice

The African Court, the ICC, Universal Jurisdiction, and the Challenges AheadConclusion; Notes; 2 The Ailing Empire's Full Spectrum Dominance; Note; 3 Victoire Ingabire: Chronology of a Pinochet-style Case of Repression; Notes; 4 The Fabrication of Evidence before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; The Rwandan Law on Guilty Plea, Confession, and Forgiveness; Witness Protection; Witness Proofing; Notes; 5 Charles Taylor: The Special Courtfor Sierra Leone and Questionable Verdicts; Introduction; Alleged Credible Examples for Future Trials

Questionable Legal Justification of Evidential FindingsFindings in Other Trials; Test of Judicial Scrutiny; Conclusion; Notes; 6 The Seven Challenges for Truthand Justice in Rwanda; Five Burdens; Seven Challenges; 7 The ICC and Kenya: Going Beyond the Rhetoric; Introduction; Beyond the Rhetoric; Stepping on Sensitive Political, Ethnic, and Cultural Nerves; The Political Card; Conclusion; Notes; PART II; The ad hoc InternationalCriminal Tribunals; 8 The Heart of Dark Jurisprudence; Highly Questionable Results; A Cloud of Secrecy; The Case for an Independent Review: The East Timor Precedent

National Jurisdictions: To Disclose or Not to DiscloseAcquittals: A Double Standard Prevails; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Prosecutorial Failure to Disclose Exculpatory Material: A Death Knell to Fairness; Introduction; Rule 68: Does it "Level the Playing Field" Between Prosecution and Defence?; The "Military II" Case: Disclosure "As soon as practicable"??; Notes; 10 Lessons Learned from the Bad Beginnings of The International Tribunal for Rwanda; Disorganisation and Causes of Conflict; Power Struggles; Racial and Ethnic Internal Conflicts; Absence of Working Tools

Complaints, Denunciations, and Requests for Investigation by Families of VictimsProblems of Language and Communication; Communications; Recruitment; Government Pressure; Financial Administration and Corruption; Waste; Embezzlement, Theft, and Corruption; Complaint to the Secretary General and Request for Investigation; Results and Consequences of the Investigations; And the Good Staff?; Notes; 11 The Dubious Heritage of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; Impunity; Firing a Wayward Prosecutor; Referral to National Courts and Rwandan impunity; Myths and Lies

The War: An Internal or International Conflict?

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781926824796

1926824792

9781771860284

1771860286

OCLC:

893333015