Fact-finding without facts : the uncertain evidentiary foundations of international criminal convictions /
Nancy Amoury Combs
- Cambridge University Press , Cambridge : 2010
- xi, 420 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-407) and index.
The evidence supporting international criminal convictions -- Questions unanswered : international witnesses and the information unconveyed -- The educational, linguistic, and cultural impediments to accurate fact-finding at the international tribunals -- Of inconsistencies and their explanations -- Perjury : the counternarrative -- Expectations unfulfilled : the consequences of the fact-finding impediments -- Casual indifference : the trial chambers' treatment of testimonial deficiencies -- Organizational liability revived : the pro-conviction bias explained -- Help needed : practical suggestions and procedural reforms to improve fact-finding accuracy -- Assessing the status quo : they are not doing what they say they are doing but is what they are doing worth doing?
9780521111157 (hardback)
International Criminal Court
Evidence, Criminal (International law) International criminal courts