Published
2003-06-30
Keywords
- International Criminal Court,
- Yugoslavia,
- war crimes,
- international criminal law,
- armed conflicts,
- genocide,
- rape
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Abstract
This paper presents the activities of the International Criminal Tribunal for crimes in the former Yugoslavia. The author of the article discussed the legality, primacy and substantive competence of the Court, the applicable principle of ne bis in idem in proceedings before the Tribunal, measures for the protection of victims and witnesses, the powers of the Tribunal, the secrecy of hearings and anonymity, the form of testimony. Furthermore, the author presented the Tribunal's substantive decisions in the cases of Duško Tadić, Blaškić, Draźen Erdemović, and Kunarac, Vuković and Kovač.