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A Comparative Analysis Of International Tribunals: The Formation Of An Iraqi Judiciary To Try Sadaam Hussein, Melissa L. Dougherty
A Comparative Analysis Of International Tribunals: The Formation Of An Iraqi Judiciary To Try Sadaam Hussein, Melissa L. Dougherty
ExpressO
Comparative Analysis of Tribunals regarding the formation of a Judiciary to try Sadaam Hussein. Several models are discussed: ICC, hybrid model, Rwanda model, and Yugoslav model. Interesting glimpse into the current state of the Iraqi Criminal Court.
The Iraqi Special Tribunal: A Human Rights Perspective, Michael A. Newton
The Iraqi Special Tribunal: A Human Rights Perspective, Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The creation of the Iraqi Special Tribunal in December 2003 by Iraqi authorities who were at the time under the legal occupation of the Coalition Provisional Authority marked the emergence of a new form of internationalized domestic tribunals. The Iraqis succeeded in incorporating the full range of modern crimes into their domestic codes alongside some carefully selected domestic offenses, while amending domestic procedural law in some key ways to align the process with established international law related to the provision of full and fair trials. The subsequent investigations and the beginning of trial proceedings generated major debates about the legitimacy …