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The Position of Witnesses before the International Criminal Court

The Position of Witnesses before the International Criminal Court

Author: Sylvia Ntube Ngane
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004301948
Published In: September 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The book is an evaluation of the doctrine and practice of international criminal courts and tribunals on the position of witnesses against a theoretically informed ideal of a cosmopolitan world order. It seeks to ascertain that there is a cosmopolitan international community, with shared values, that are instantiated in the international criminal tribunals, and that is what justifies the exercise of jurisdiction over witnesses who provide false testimony or engage in other forms of contempt of court.

The book evaluates the practice of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Dedication page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One: Witnesses before a Cosmopolitan Criminal Court

1.1. Cosmopolitanism

1.2. Cosmopolitan courts and tribunals

1.3. Witnesses

1.4. Failings in the link between witnesses and the cosmopolitan vision

1.5. Argument for the ICC as a moral teacher

1.6. Conclusion