The Law and Jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunals and Courts

This book provides the most comprehensive overview of the law and jurisprudence of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals and courts, as well as the International Criminal Court. It also includes relevant jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and practice of the UN Human Rights Committee. The book examines the nature and evolution of the relevant statutory provisions of the international tribunals and provides the rationale behind the evolution. It significantly expands the subject matter of the relevant jurisprudence and reflects the developments and the current state of human rights standards in international criminal procedure. With cited jurisprudence and law that is up-to-date as of September 1, 2013, the book contains a digest and analysis of decisions, orders, and judgments of: the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia * the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda * the Special Court for Sierra Leone * the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia * the International Criminal Court * the European Court of Human Rights.