The UN international criminal tribunals : the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone / William A. Schabas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schabas, William, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International criminal courts.

International criminal courts--Rules and practice.

International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (liv, 711 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book is a guide to the law that applies in the three international criminal tribunals, for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, set up by the UN during the period 1993 to 2002 to deal with atrocities and human rights abuses committed during conflict in those countries. Building on the work of an earlier generation of war crimes courts, these tribunals have developed a sophisticated body of law concerning the elements of the three international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes), and forms of participation in such crimes, as well as other general principles of international criminal law, procedural matters and sentencing. The legacy of the tribunals will be indispensable as international law moves into a more advanced stage, with the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Their judicial decisions are examined here, as well as the drafting history of their statutes and other contemporary sources.

Contents:

Creation of the tribunals

The legitimacy and legality of the tribunals

Sources of law

Territorial, personal and temporal jurisdiction

Subject-matter jurisdiction generally

Genocide

Crimes against humanity

War crimes

General principles of law

Investigation and pre-trial procedure

Trial and post-trial procedure

Evidence

Rights of the accused

Punishment

Structure and administration of the tribunals.

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ISBN:

9780511617478

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