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The Post-Trial Re-Sentencing Of Ramadan: If The Iraqi High Tribunal Deviates From International Standards Regarding Fair Trials, What Are The Potential Legal Obstacles To The Transfer Of Convicted Iraqi High Tribunal Defendants From Us Custody To Iraqi Custody?, Chelan Bliss
War Crimes Memoranda
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Chaos In The Courtroom, Controlling Disruptive Defendants And Contumacious Counsel In War Crimes Trials, Michael P. Scharf
Chaos In The Courtroom, Controlling Disruptive Defendants And Contumacious Counsel In War Crimes Trials, Michael P. Scharf
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During the eight month-long Dujail trial (October 2005-August 2006), Saddam Hussein, his seven co-defendants, and their dozen lawyers regularly disparaged the judges, interrupted witness testimony with outbursts, turned cross examination into political diatribes, and staged frequent walk-outs and boycotts. Drawn from the author's September 2006 lecture to the staff of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, this article examines some of history's previous messy trials and the strategies judges have employed with varying degrees of success to respond to disruptive conduct by trial participants. It then describes the various tactics employed by the …
Did The Forcible Transfer, Active Concealment, Torture And Murder Of Non-Combatant Kuwaiti Citizens And Third Party Nationals In August Of 1991 To March Of 1992 Constitute Any Crime Within The Jurisdiction Of The Iraqi High Tribunal? Did The Capture, Torture And Public Murder Of Captive Coalition Troops By Iraqi Troops During The 1991 War Constitute A Crime Within The Jurisdiction Of The Iraqi High Tribunal? Did The Seizure And Placement Of Non-Combatant Foreigners In Direct Proximity To Military Targets Constitute A Crime Within The Jurisdiction Of The Iraqi High Tribunal?, Gregory S. Mcneal
War Crimes Memoranda
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