Human Rights in International Criminal Proceedings

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE; THE EXTENSION OF THE NOTION OF FAIR TRIAL TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; WHAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING SYSTEMS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS?; ACCUSATORIAL AND INQUISITORIAL MODELS IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - TO WHAT EXTENT DO THEY IMPINGE UPON THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS?; CHAPTER 2 THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS DURING INVESTIGATIONS; THE INITIATION OF INVESTIGATIONS AND THE POWERS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY; THE RIGHTS OF SUSPECTS IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; CHAPTER 3 THE RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED IN TRIAL PROCEEDINGS; THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE; THE RIGHT TO BE JUDGED BY AN INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL TRIBUNAL; THE RIGHT TO A FAIR AND EXPEDITIOUS TRIAL; RULES OF EVIDENCE AND RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED - SOME PROBLEMATICAL ISSUES; CHAPTER 4 THE RIGHT OF THE ACCUSED TO APPEAL AND REVISION; GENERAL - THE RIGHTS OF APPEAL AND REVISION AS A MEANS FOR OBTAINING REDRESS (JUDICIAL AND NON-JUDICIAL REMEDIES; THE RIGHT OF THE ACCUSED TO APPEAL: FROM NUREMBERG AND TOKYO TO THE AD HOC TRIBUNALS AND THE ICC; THE RIGHT OF CONVICTED PERSONS TO REVIEW; CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER 5 PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AND THE RIGHTS OF CONVICTED PERSONS; THE MAJOR GOALS OF INTERNATIONAL PENALTIES AND THE LEGAL EXPECTATIONS OF CONVICTED PERSONS; THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AND THE RIGHTS OF SENTENCED PERSONS; CHAPTER 6 THE POSITION OF PERSONS OTHER THAN THE ACCUSED; VICTIMS; WITNESSES; CHAPTER 7 CONCLUDING REMARKS; THE CENTRAL ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRIALS: FROM NUREMBERG TO ROME; THE PROBLEM OF PROCEDURAL MODELS: THE NEED FOR A PRINCIPLED APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRIALS: A FEW OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS; GENERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Salvatore Zappalà is Professor of international law at the University of Florence.