International Criminal Evidence

Providing a guide for practitioners in international criminal courts, this in-depth analysis focuses on the United Nations ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for the former Rwanda and Yugoslavia, but also traces developments in the law of evidence back to Allied trials after WWII. The authors, who served at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, discuss admissibility of evidence, hearsay, forensic and documentary evidence, identification evidence, state cooperation, witness protection, and the compulsive powers of the court. The book comments on newer trends in international criminal evidence that may assist international tribunals, national courts, and "mixed" tribunals such as those proposed for Sierra Leone and Cambodia. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Judge Richard May is the Presiding Judge, Trial Chamber III, of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He has written extensively about criminal evidence and is the author of Criminal Evidence. Marieke Wierda was Associate Legal Officer at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. She is currently Senior Associate at the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York.