Defence Counsel in International Criminal Law

by Jarinde Temminck Tuinstra

Do international criminal courts sufficiently enable defence counsel to conduct an effective defence? When the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda were set up in the mid-nineties to prosecute those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law, little thought had been given to how to organize the defence. The Statutes and Rules of Procedure and Evidence were rather concise on the right to legal assistance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9067043052
• ISBN13: 9789067043052
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 10.4"