International Criminal Evidence / / Richard May, Marieke Wierda.

• Superior document: International and Comparative Criminal Law Series ; 9
• VerfasserIn: May, Richard; Wierda, Marieke,
• TeilnehmendeR: Wierda, Marieke,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: International and Comparative Criminal Law Series ; 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (393 pages)

This book provides practitioners, scholars and students with an in-depth analysis of the law of evidence before international criminal tribunals. It treats subjects such as admissibility; hearsay; identification evidence; forensic and documentary evidence. It also discusses procedural issues arising from fair trial rights, state cooperation, witness protection, and the compulsive powers of the court. The main focus of this work is the practice of the United Nations ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. However, it traces the developments of the law of evidence back to the trials conducted by the Allied powers after the Second World War. The authors also discuss the future of the law in this field, with comments on the projected implementation of the Statute and the Rules of Procedure of the permanent International Criminal Court. They conclude with some general remarks on trends in international criminal evidence that will be helpful to international tribunals, "mixed" tribunals (such as those proposed for Sierra Leone and Cambodia), and national courts alike. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Foreword;Table of Abbreviations -- Chapter I, The International Criminal Trial -- Chapter II, Procedures Relevant to Evidence -- Chapter III, Collection and Disclosure of Evidence -- Chapter IV, General Approach to Evidence -- Chapter V, Presentation of Evidence at Trial -- Chapter VI, Witnesses -- Chapter VII, Documentary and Forensic Evidence -- Chapter VIII, Fair Trial Rights -- Chapter IX, Evidence and Appeal Proceedings -- Chapter X, Trends in International Criminal Evidence -- Table of Cases -- Index.