International Criminal Law Practitioner Library: Volume 3: International Criminal Procedure (The International Criminal Law Practitioner)
Cambridge University Press, 12/19/2013
EAN 9781107678491, ISBN10: 1107678498
Paperback, 578 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 3 cm
Language: English
A comprehensive and invaluable reference work for practitioners, academics and students of international criminal law, this series critically examines a complex and important legal area. Volume I considers the criminal responsibility of individuals for the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; Volume II focuses on these core international crimes and discusses their interaction with the forms of responsibility; and Volume III provides an evaluation of international criminal procedure and the rules and practices designed to ensure effective investigations and fair trials.
1. The nature of international criminal procedure
2. Creation and amendment of rules of international criminal procedure
3. Procedures related to primacy and complementarity
4. Investigations, rights of suspects, and detention
5. Defence counsel, amici curiae, and the different forms of representation of accused
6. Pre-trial proceedings
7. Trial proceedings
8. The role and status of victims in international criminal procedure
9. Evidence
10. Judgement and sentencing
11. Appeal and revision
12. Conclusion.