Defense in International Criminal Proceedings: Cases, Materials and Commentary

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-1-57105-331-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 900 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 1565 g

Reihe: International and Comparative Criminal Law Series

Without question, international criminal law (ICL) has become a legal growth industry. Regional supranational systems, such as the European Union, are beginning to prepare a genuine supranational criminal law that may supersede the national jurisdictions. These efforts are still in their infancy, but along with the creation of the prosecutorial framework and measures like e.g. the European Arrest Warrant, EUROPOL or EUROJUST, the defence lawyers are preparing themselves for the new challenge. It is thus useful and necessary to cover these developments from the get go.
This collection of cases and materials attempts for the first time to provide a compendium of the most important legal texts, relevant documents and cases, as well as explanatory commentary on the law of defence in international criminal proceedings by scholars and practitioners who have a wealth of relevant experience in the field.
The book provides students in law school courses on international human rights law and ICL with the essential materials to understand the vital importance of an adequate defence in international criminal proceedings. Further, the text gives legal practitioners who may consider extending their field of practice to the international level a look at the diversity of the tasks they will encounter and prepare them for the legal culture shock inevitable at the international tribunals and courts.

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Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bohlander, Michael

Boed, Roman

Wilson, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, M. Cherif Bassiouni; Preface, Michael Bohlander, Roman Boed and Richard J. Wilson; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview, Michael Bohlander;
Chapter 2: Procedural Safeguards for the Defense in International Human Rights Law, Richard J. Wilson;
Chapter 3: A History of the Role of Defense Counsel in International Criminal and War Crimes Tribunals, Richard J. Wilson;
Chapter 4: ICTY, Mónica Martínez
Chapter 5: ICTR, Roman Boed and Mame Mandiaye Niang;
Chapter 6: The International Criminal Court, Kenneth S. Gallant and Stefan Kirsch;
Chapter 7: Associations of Defense Counsel—Development and Role, Stéphane Bourgon, Kennedy Ogetto and Wolfgang Bendler;
Chapter 8: Mixed Tribunals, Alan Simmons, Héleyn Uñac, Sylvia de Bertodano, Rupert Skilbeck, Richard J. Wilson, Sarah Williams, Mohamed C. Othman and Scott Worden; Table of Cases; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Bohlander is a Professor of Law at Durham University (UK) and was the Senior Legal Officer of a trial chamber at the ICTY from 1999 – 2001.
Roman Boed has served as a Judgement Coordinator at the International Criminal Tribunal for since 1999; he now works in the common Appeals Chamber of the ICTY and ICTR in The Hague.
Richard J. Wilson is Professor of Law and founding director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic at the Washington College of Law, American University, in Washington, DC.