International Criminal Evidence
Date: 24-26 June 2022
Coordinator: Professor Yvonne McDermott, Professor of International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law, Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, Swansea University, UK
Short description: This course will examine how international courts prove the most serious international crimes. It aims to provide a thorough analysis of law and procedure relating to evidence and proof in international criminal trials, from Nuremberg through to the ad hoc international criminal tribunals, to international and hybrid tribunals today. The course will explore key concepts such as the burden and standard of proof; witness protection; the evaluation of evidence, and the standard of review on appeal. It will examine new developments in the law and practice of the International Criminal Court, such as the turn towards a ‘submission model’ for the admission of evidence and recent jurisprudence on witness proofing. A closing roundtable will give students the opportunity to consider how new technologies are changing the landscape of fact-finding in international criminal justice.
Lecturers:
Professor Yvonne McDermott, Professor of International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law, Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, Swansea University, UK
Dr. Dov Jacobs, Defense Counsel, ICC and MICT; Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Dr. Yassin Brunger, Lecturer, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Dr. Simon De Smet, Legal Officer, Trial Division, International Criminal Court
Sessions:
The evolution of international criminal evidence
In conversation with very special guest
The admission and exclusion of evidence
Witnesses
The burden and standard of proof
Judgment and appeal
Closing roundtable on new and digital evidence