The UN international criminal tribunals : the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone /

The UN international criminal tribunals : the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone / William A. Schabas.

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Publisher's description: This book is a guide to the law that applies in the three international criminal tribunals, for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, set up by the UN during the period 1993 to 2002 to deal with atrocities and human rights abuses committed during conflict in t...

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Main Author: Schabas, William, 1950-
Other title:United Nations international criminal tribunals : the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone.
U.N. international criminal tribunals : the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Special Court for Sierra Leone.
International criminal courts.
International criminal courts > Rules and practice.
Table of Contents:
  • PART I : ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRIBUNALS: Creation of the tribunals
  • The legitimacy and legality of the tribunals
  • Sources of law
  • PART II : JURISDICTION: Territorial, personal and temporal jurisdiction
  • Subject-matter jurisdiction generally
  • Genocide
  • Crimes against humanity
  • War crimes
  • PART III : SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF PROSECUTION: General principles of law
  • Investigation and pre-trial procedure
  • Trial and post-trial procedure
  • Evidence
  • Rights of the accused
  • Punishment
  • PART IV : ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBUNALS: Structure and administration of the tribunals.

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