1st Edition

The Prosecution of International Crimes A Critical Study of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

By Madeleine Sann Copyright 1996
514 Pages
by Routledge

516 Pages
by Routledge

502 Pages
by Routledge

The post-World War Two period has witnessed numerous armed conflicts characterized by extensive violations of relevant obligatory international norms. Responding to these events, the United Nations General Assembly created a per­manent international court in 2003, with jurisdiction over selected international crimes. The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was a precursor to this... Read more
I: Introductory Remarks; Introduction; 1: International Criminal Prosecution; 2: Toward International Criminal Justice; II: Fart-Finding; 3: The Commission of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780; III: Establishment of the Tribunal; 4: An International Criminal Tribunal; 5: An Ad Hoc International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Former Yugoslavia; 6: Politics and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; 7: Legal and Practical Implications, from the Perspective of the Host Country, Relating to the Establishment of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; IV: Substantive and Procedural Issues; 8: A Slovenian Perspective on the Statute and Rules of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; 9: Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Assault in the Armed Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia: Legal, Procedural, and Evidentiary Issues; 10: Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia *; 11: Securing the Presence of Defendants before the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Breaking with Extradition *

Biography

Madeleine Sann