This Article examines the Strugar decision and its role in establishing the standards for a defendant’s fitness to stand trial before an in-ternational tribunal. While fitness to stand trial was an issue in three cases at Nuremberg, those cases failed to establish any standards for the international criminal justice community. In contrast, the Strugar standards have been followed in other Trial Chambers at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and at The Special Panels for Serious Crimes at the United Nations Tribunal at East Timor. Therefore, the author argues that Strugar may be viewed as the seminal decision on the issue of fitness to stand trial before an international tribunal
The Nuremberg Judgment, and the trial that preceded it, have been the subject of many academic confe...
In early war crimes trials such as in Nuremburg, documentary evidence was decisive in convicting the...
The history of international legal institutions has largely ignored the early activities of the Unit...
This Article examines the Strugar decision and its role in establishing the standards for a defendan...
In 1945, with the world still reeling from World War II, the trial of the major German war criminals...
A lasting legacy of the Nuremberg and Tokyo military tribunals is the assertion that individuals are...
It is ironic that history has not been altogether kind to the Nuremberg Tribunal, labeling it victo...
Convictions, if they are to be legitimate, must be based on credible evidence presented in a public ...
On October 2, 1995, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugosl...
This Article compares the protections and rights provided an accused before the Tribunal with those ...
This Article explores the establishment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg beginnin...
I want to present three potential problems of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal which may limit the T...
Years after the prosecution of Nazi and Japanese war criminals, the United Nations created an Intern...
The Nuremberg trials constituted a historic moment in the development of international law. They wer...
The development of an international criminal system to provide justice for international crimes must...
The Nuremberg Judgment, and the trial that preceded it, have been the subject of many academic confe...
In early war crimes trials such as in Nuremburg, documentary evidence was decisive in convicting the...
The history of international legal institutions has largely ignored the early activities of the Unit...
This Article examines the Strugar decision and its role in establishing the standards for a defendan...
In 1945, with the world still reeling from World War II, the trial of the major German war criminals...
A lasting legacy of the Nuremberg and Tokyo military tribunals is the assertion that individuals are...
It is ironic that history has not been altogether kind to the Nuremberg Tribunal, labeling it victo...
Convictions, if they are to be legitimate, must be based on credible evidence presented in a public ...
On October 2, 1995, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugosl...
This Article compares the protections and rights provided an accused before the Tribunal with those ...
This Article explores the establishment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg beginnin...
I want to present three potential problems of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal which may limit the T...
Years after the prosecution of Nazi and Japanese war criminals, the United Nations created an Intern...
The Nuremberg trials constituted a historic moment in the development of international law. They wer...
The development of an international criminal system to provide justice for international crimes must...
The Nuremberg Judgment, and the trial that preceded it, have been the subject of many academic confe...
In early war crimes trials such as in Nuremburg, documentary evidence was decisive in convicting the...
The history of international legal institutions has largely ignored the early activities of the Unit...