The position of witnesses before the international criminal court / by Sylvia Ntube Ngane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ngane, Sylvia Ntube, author.

Series:

International criminal law series (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 8.

International Criminal Law Series, 2213-2724 ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witnesses.

Criminal procedure (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill Nijhoff, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is an evaluation of the doctrine and practice of international criminal courts and tribunals on the position of witnesses against a theoretically informed ideal of a cosmopolitan world order. It seeks to ascertain that there is a cosmopolitan international community, with shared values, that are instantiated in the international criminal tribunals, and that is what justifies the exercise of jurisdiction over witnesses who provide false testimony or engage in other forms of contempt of court. The book evaluates the practice of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 Witnesses before a Cosmopolitan Criminal Court

2 International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (icty)

3 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

4 Special Court for Sierra Leone (scsl)

5 The International Criminal Court (icc) Witness Scheme

6 Lessons Learnt: The Cosmopolitan Witness and Court

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral) - University of Leeds, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30195-X

OCLC:

912045393

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004301955 DOI