International Prosecutors
Luc Reydams, Jan Wouters, and Cedric Ryngaert
Abstract
This book examines the prosecution as an institution and a function in a dozen international and hybrid criminal tribunals, from Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court. It is the result of a sustained collaborative effort among some twenty scholars and (former) tribunal staffers. The starting point is that the prosecution shapes a tribunal's practice and legacy more than any other organ and that a systematic examination of international prosecutors is therefore warranted. The chapters are organized chronologically, according to the successive phases of the life of the institution and th ... More
This book examines the prosecution as an institution and a function in a dozen international and hybrid criminal tribunals, from Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court. It is the result of a sustained collaborative effort among some twenty scholars and (former) tribunal staffers. The starting point is that the prosecution shapes a tribunal's practice and legacy more than any other organ and that a systematic examination of international prosecutors is therefore warranted. The chapters are organized chronologically, according to the successive phases of the life of the institution and the various stages of the trials. The analysis includes each institution's establishment, mandate, and jurisdiction, as well as the prosecutorial framework and strategy, the prosecutor's external relations, and the completion of the institution's work. The book also considers the prosecutors'independence and impartiality, and their accountability for their decisions. The volume thus provides a picture of the mandate, organization, and operation of the prosecution in international criminal trials.
Keywords:
prosecution,
International Criminal Court,
Nuremberg,
criminal trials,
external relations,
tribunals
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199554294 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2012 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554294.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Luc Reydams, editor
Associate Professional Specialist, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
Jan Wouters, editor
Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam EU and Global Governance Professor of International Law and International Organizations Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
Cedric Ryngaert, editor
Assistant Professor of International Law at the Universities of Leuven and Utrecht
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