The defence in international criminal trials : observations on the role of the defence at the ICTY, ICTR and ICC

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"The international criminal justice system is an important element of world politics of today. Currently, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating serious human rights violations committed in nine African states, and has launched preliminary investigations into acts committed in the conflict zones of Palestine and Ukraine. The complexity of these issues and the ongoing status of these conflicts pose significant difficulties for international courts in carrying out their mandates, which in turn affect the Prosecution and the Defence. The media, as well as academia, tend to focus on the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC (as was the case with the ICTY and ICTR). Rarely is the focus widened to include the role of the accused and their defence teams. The authors of this volume, practitioners and researchers, take a closer look at the inner workings of international courts and tribunals"--Back cover.  Read more... Preface / Benjamin Ferencz -- Vorwort / Heiko Ahlbrecht -- Defence in International Criminal Trials : Important Actor or Necessary Evil? / Colleen Rohan -- Deutungshoheit im Gerichtssaal oder "Die "Die Bändigung des Ungeheuers" Anmerkungen zum sich selbst verteidigenden Angeklagten / Mayeul Hieramente -- Verteidigung im Verfahren gegen Adolf Eichmann / Philipp Graebke -- Arguing Human Rights from the Bench? How Judges in International Criminal Courts Perceive International Human Rights Law / Julia Gebhard -- Compelling Fair Trials : The Necessity of Effective Court Powers to Ensure a Defendant's Right "to examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him or her" / Marie O'Leary -- Disclosure of Information as an Instrument Ensuring Equality of Arms in International Criminal Proceedings / Masha Fedorova -- Person's Liberty at Stake : A Tour d'Horizon on the Rights of the Arrested Person under the Rome Statute / Eleni Chaitidou and Elisa Hoven -- Sentencing at the International Criminal Court / Sally Alexandra Longworth -- How to Manage the Defence : Experiences from the ADC-ICTY / Isabel Dusterhoft and Dominic Kennedy -- Promoting Justice between Independence and Institutional Constraints : The Role of the Office of the Public Counsel of the Defence at the ICC / Philipp Miiller -- Kein faires Verfahren ohne effektive Verteidigung : Zusammenfassende Bemerkungen zu einem vergessenen Akteur der internationalen Strafjustiz und Ausblick / Mayeul Hieramente und Patricia Schneider.