International Criminal Law Practitioner Library: International Criminal Procedure [Hardcover]

A critical review of international criminal procedure and the rules and practices designed to ensure effective investigations and fair trials.Volume III of the International Criminal Law Practitioner Library provides a critical review of international criminal procedure as practised at the international criminal tribunals. It examines the framework within which substantive international criminal law operates and covers every stage of the proceedings from investigation to trial, appeal, and punishment.Volume III of the International Criminal Law Practitioner Library provides a critical review of international criminal procedure as practised at the international criminal tribunals. It examines the framework within which substantive international criminal law operates and covers every stage of the proceedings from investigation to trial, appeal, and punishment.A comprehensive and invaluable reference work for practitioners, academics, and students of international criminal law, this series critically examines a complex and important legal area. Volume I considers the criminal responsibility of individuals for the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; Volume II focuses on these core international crimes and discusses their interaction with the forms of responsibility; and Volume III provides an evaluation of international criminal procedure and the rules and practices designed to ensure effective investigations and fair trials.1. The nature of international criminal procedure; 2. Creation and amendment of rules of international criminal procedure; 3. Procedures related to primacy and complementarity; 4. Investigations, rights of suspects, and detention; 5. Defence counsel, amici curiae, and the different forms of representation of accused; 6. Pre-trial proceedings; 7. Trial proceedings; 8. The role and status of victims in international criminal procedure; 9. Evidence; 10. Judgement and sentencing; 11. Appeal and revision; 12. Conclusion. The lS.