TY - JOUR
T1 - Thousands on the stand
T2 - Exploring trends and patterns of international witnesses
AU - Chlevickaite, Gabriele
AU - Hola, Barbora
AU - Bijleveld, CCJH
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The international criminal courts and tribunals have heard thousands of witnesses in cases of extreme complexity and breadth. Their evidentiary record is overwhelming, with live witness testimony standing out as one of its defining features. Keeping in mind the arguments and policies of judicial efficiency and fairness, this article empirically examines the trends and patterns in viva voce witness numbers at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Criminal Court (ICC). We observe clear differences between institutions and individual cases, and discuss the underlying reasons for such divergences. As well as providing a general overview, we demonstrate the complex interaction between case-related characteristics, institutional and situational contexts, and the number of witnesses called at trial.
AB - The international criminal courts and tribunals have heard thousands of witnesses in cases of extreme complexity and breadth. Their evidentiary record is overwhelming, with live witness testimony standing out as one of its defining features. Keeping in mind the arguments and policies of judicial efficiency and fairness, this article empirically examines the trends and patterns in viva voce witness numbers at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Criminal Court (ICC). We observe clear differences between institutions and individual cases, and discuss the underlying reasons for such divergences. As well as providing a general overview, we demonstrate the complex interaction between case-related characteristics, institutional and situational contexts, and the number of witnesses called at trial.
KW - ICC
KW - ICTR
KW - ICTY
KW - International criminal justice
KW - Witness testimony
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U2 - 10.1017/S0922156519000396
DO - 10.1017/S0922156519000396
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071906153
SN - 0922-1565
VL - 32
SP - 819
EP - 836
JO - Leiden Journal of International law
JF - Leiden Journal of International law
IS - 4
ER -