Admissibility of evidence and international criminal justice

Bartlomiej Krzan

doi:10.22197/rbdpp.v7i1.492

Authors

Bartlomiej Krzan University of Wrocław http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3964-114X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22197/rbdpp.v7i1.492

Keywords:

admissibility of evidence, international criminal courts and tribunals, international judiciary

Abstract

International criminal procedure combines elements of accusatorial and inquisitorial legal traditions, thus constituting a unique amalgam. Because of the broader scale and the complexity of international criminality to be addressed by international criminal courts and tribunals, it may seem interesting to look at developments and their hitherto experience through the lens of the admissibility of evidence. The presented paper scrutinizes the respective law and practice of the International Military Tribunals, the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, and the International Criminal Court, and also makes some general observations on the admissibility of evidence from the perspective of international judiciary as a whole, i.e. not only confined to international judicial bodies of a criminal character.

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Author Biography

Bartlomiej Krzan, University of Wrocław

University Professor at the Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics (University of Wrocław, Poland).

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