Gaskins The Congo Trials in the International Criminal Court

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-84801-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

This is the first in-depth study of the first three ICC trials: an engaging, accessible text meant for specialists and students, for legal advocates and a wide range of professionals concerned with diverse cultures, human rights, and restorative justice. It introduces international justice and courtroom trials in practical terms, offering a balanced view on persistent tensions and controversies. Separate chapters analyze the working realities of central African armed conflicts, finding reasons for their surprising resistance to ICC legal formulas. The book dissects the Court's structural dynamics, which were designed to steer an elusive middle course between high moral ideals and hard political realities. Detailed chapters provide vivid accounts of courtroom encounters with four Congolese suspects. The mixed record of convictions, acquittals, dissents, and appeals, resulting from these trials, provides a map of distinct fault-lines within the ICC legal code, and suggests a rocky path ahead for the Court's next ventures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaskins, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. A laboratory for global justice; Part II. Testing a new court: 1. Spreading justice to distant conflicts; 2. Balancing politics, morality, and culture; Part III. Back in Ituri: 3. Ituri in the web of chaos: the macro view; 4. Structures of local conflict: the micro view; Part IV. The bridge to the Hague: 5. Battling impunity in Ituri; 6. ICC structures, dynamics, tensions; Part V. The Congo trials: 7. The trial of Thomas Lubanga; 8. The trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo; 9. The trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba; Part VI. Observations.

Über Autor(innen)

Gaskins, Richard
Richard Gaskins is Joseph M. Proskauer Professor of Law and Social Welfare at Brandeis University. He spent the past decade designing and directing student exchange programs in The Hague, which combined academic theory with hands-on practicums in courts and NGO's. He holds a Ph.D. (Philosophy) and J.D. from Yale University.