The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court : commentary and digest of jurisprudence / fabricio guariglia (international criminal court), ben batros (open society justice initiative, new york), reinhold gallmetzer, george mugwanya
Published
Cambridge [UK] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018
Interpretation and structural issues -- Jurisdiction and admissibility -- Cooperation and judicial assistance -- Arrest and detention -- Charges and confirmation hearing -- Disclosure and redactions -- The protection of victims and witnesses -- Fairness, expeditiousness of the proceedings, and rights of the accused -- Offences against the administration of justice and misconduct before the court -- Conduct of trials -- Sentencing -- Reparations -- Victim participation in the proceedings -- Substantive law -- Conduct of appeals -- Miscellaneous procedural issues -- Index of digested decisions
Summary
A comprehensive source of the most authoritative statements of the International Criminal Court's appellate jurisprudence. Its clear format includes commentaries followed by excerpts of the decisions and judgments, carefully selected by lawyers based on their relevance and grouped by topic. It provides a practical background to the International Criminal Court's appellate jurisprudence from experienced current and former Appeals Counsel of the Office of the Prosecutor of the Court, highlighting pertinent issues. In doing so, readers are given the tools to discern the meaning of the case law themselves, while attention is drawn to the most important developments in the jurisprudence. This text presents an authoritative and comprehensive digest of the Appeals Chamber's jurisprudence, bringing the relevant case extracts together for the first time with clear and informative commentary
