Justice Belied : the unbalanced scales of international criminal justice 9781771860277, 1771860278, 9781771860284, 1771860286

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Acronyms
Introduction
PART I
International Criminal Justice in the Eyes of Africans and African Americans
1 African Court and International Criminal Courts: Discriminatory International Justice and the Quest for a New World Judicial Order
Introduction
Selective and Discriminatory Justice in Context
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: A Victors' Court
Backdoor Attempts to Eternalise Victors' Justice
The Special Court for Sierra Leone
The ICC: The Price of Selective and Discriminatory Justice. The African Court, the ICC, Universal Jurisdiction, and the Challenges AheadConclusion
Notes
2 The Ailing Empire's Full Spectrum Dominance
Note
3 Victoire Ingabire: Chronology of a Pinochet-style Case of Repression
Notes
4 The Fabrication of Evidence before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The Rwandan Law on Guilty Plea, Confession, and Forgiveness
Witness Protection
Witness Proofing
Notes
5 Charles Taylor: The Special Courtfor Sierra Leone and Questionable Verdicts
Introduction
Alleged Credible Examples for Future Trials. Questionable Legal Justification of Evidential FindingsFindings in Other Trials
Test of Judicial Scrutiny
Conclusion
Notes
6 The Seven Challenges for Truthand Justice in Rwanda
Five Burdens
Seven Challenges
7 The ICC and Kenya: Going Beyond the Rhetoric
Introduction
Beyond the Rhetoric
Stepping on Sensitive Political, Ethnic, and Cultural Nerves
The Political Card
Conclusion
Notes
PART II
The ad hoc InternationalCriminal Tribunals
8 The Heart of Dark Jurisprudence
Highly Questionable Results
A Cloud of Secrecy
The Case for an Independent Review: The East Timor Precedent. National Jurisdictions: To Disclose or Not to DiscloseAcquittals: A Double Standard Prevails
Conclusion
Notes
9 Prosecutorial Failure to Disclose Exculpatory Material: A Death Knell to Fairness
Introduction
Rule 68: Does it "Level the Playing Field" Between Prosecution and Defence?
The "Military II" Case: Disclosure "As soon as practicable"??
Notes
10 Lessons Learned from the Bad Beginnings of The International Tribunal for Rwanda
Disorganisation and Causes of Conflict
Power Struggles
Racial and Ethnic Internal Conflicts
Absence of Working Tools. Complaints, Denunciations, and Requests for Investigation by Families of VictimsProblems of Language and Communication
Communications
Recruitment
Government Pressure
Financial Administration and Corruption
Waste
Embezzlement, Theft, and Corruption
Complaint to the Secretary General and Request for Investigation
Results and Consequences of the Investigations
And the Good Staff?
Notes
11 The Dubious Heritage of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Impunity
Firing a Wayward Prosecutor
Referral to National Courts and Rwandan impunity
Myths and Lies.

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