Commentary (Pre-Trial Detention in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia )
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Commentary (Pre-Trial Detention in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ). / Marchuk, Iryna.
Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (7 July 2007-26 July 2010). ed. / André Klip; Steven Freeland. Vol. 43 Cambridge, Antwerp, Portland : Intersentia, 2015. p. 131-140 (Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol. 43).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Comment › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Commentary (Pre-Trial Detention in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia )
AU - Marchuk, Iryna
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Most international criminal courts and tribunals find provisional detention absolutely necessary to ensure the swift delivery of justice. A decision on pre-trial detention must be in conformity with well-recognized human rights standards, thus respecting the person’s right to a fair trial and upholding the presumption of evidence. Although the general assumption in criminal law is that pre-trial detention is the exception and not the rule, a number of factors, such as the gravity of the crimes, as well as heightened flight risk of the accused, appear to have reversed the test employed in international criminal courts and tribunals. To date, all provisional detention orders against former members of the inner circle of Pol Pot, except for one, have been re-affirmed on appeal in the ECCC. This commentary appraises the ECCC case law on pre-trial detention from the standpoint of its conformity with international human rights standards and exposes serious deficiencies of judicial reasoning in selected decisions of the Court.
AB - Most international criminal courts and tribunals find provisional detention absolutely necessary to ensure the swift delivery of justice. A decision on pre-trial detention must be in conformity with well-recognized human rights standards, thus respecting the person’s right to a fair trial and upholding the presumption of evidence. Although the general assumption in criminal law is that pre-trial detention is the exception and not the rule, a number of factors, such as the gravity of the crimes, as well as heightened flight risk of the accused, appear to have reversed the test employed in international criminal courts and tribunals. To date, all provisional detention orders against former members of the inner circle of Pol Pot, except for one, have been re-affirmed on appeal in the ECCC. This commentary appraises the ECCC case law on pre-trial detention from the standpoint of its conformity with international human rights standards and exposes serious deficiencies of judicial reasoning in selected decisions of the Court.
M3 - Comment
SN - 978-1-78068-197-9
VL - 43
T3 - Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals
SP - 131
EP - 140
BT - Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals
A2 - Klip, André
A2 - Freeland, Steven
PB - Intersentia
CY - Cambridge, Antwerp, Portland
ER -
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