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Judge Theodor Meron addresses the key questions facing the international criminal justice system, drawing on two decades of experience as an international judge and a distinguished academic career. He provides insights into judicial independence and the principle of fairness in trying cases before international criminal courts and tribunals.
List of contents
- Part I: Setting the Scene
- 1: Roots: the Road to Judgeship
- 2: From Classroom to Criminal Courtroom
- 3: Moving from Nuremberg to The Hague
- Part II: Principles, Goals, Processes
- 4: The Rule of Law, the Principle of Legality, and Due Process
- 5: Trying Violations of Human Rights in International Criminal Tribunals
- 6: Judicial Independence and Impartiality
- 7: Jusicial Decision-Making and Deliverations
- 8: Keeping POWs Safe: The Ovcara Massacre
- 9: General Gotovina: A Controversial Acquittal
- Part III: Selected Decisions
- 10: Fleshing out Principles of Fairness
- 11: Writing Separately: My Dissenting and Concurring Opinions
- 12: Early Release of Prisoners Decisions
- Epilogue
- 13: The Road Ahead: Does International Justice Work?
About the author
Theodor Meron is a Judge and, between March 2012 and January 2019, was the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. He was also a Judge of the Appeals Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda since his election to the ICTY in March 2001 and until the closure of those Tribunals. In addition, he served a total of four terms of President of the ICTY. He is Charles L. Denison Professor of Law Emeritus at NYU Law School and, since 2014, a Visiting Professor of International Criminal Law at Oxford University. He is a Visiting Fellow at Mansfield College and Academic Associate of the Bonavero and Honorary Visiting Fellow in Trinity College. In 2019, he was appointed an Honorary Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) for service to criminal justice and international humanitarian law.
Summary
Judge Theodor Meron addresses the key questions facing the international criminal justice system, drawing on two decades of experience as an international judge and a distinguished academic career. He provides insights into judicial independence and the principle of fairness in trying cases before international criminal courts and tribunals.
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The insights offered by his first-hand tale are, unsurprisingly, unique. As such, the book is recommended to both specialists in international criminal law, who might like to see the field through the eyes of one of its towering figures, and non-specialists who would like to learn more about international criminal justice from an insider's perspective
