A Fair Trial at the International Criminal Court? Human Rights Standards and Legitimacy: Procedural Fairness in the Context of Disclosure of Evidence and the Right to Have Witnesses Examined

by Elmar Widder, Robert Esser (Editor)

Overview

This book approaches the question of whether or not the court procedure at the International Criminal Court (ICC) can be regarded as fair from two angles: First, does the ICC provide a fair trial according to the accepted standards of international human rights law? Secondly, is it substantively fair so as to establish the legitimacy of the court on a sound footing? Practitioners and academics are increasingly conscious of the need for an approach to evidence which spans civil law and common law traditions, national and international law. This is what this monograph does, in meticulous detail, for the law of confrontation and disclosure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631675663
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	07/29/2016
Series:	Internationales und Europaeisches Strafverfahrensrecht , #14
Edition description:	New
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Elmar Widder holds a BA in Multilingual Communication, an LLM in European and International Law, and was awarded his PhD at the University of Hull. He gained practical experience at the ICC, the European Commission, and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.

Table of Contents

The European Court of Human Rights – The UN Human Rights Committee, the Inter-American Court and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights – The ad hoc tribunals – The International Criminal Court – Parameters of Procedure – The court procedure at the ECCC